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• n  any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

• Last week Editor Morris Fishbein, who is particularly interested in purpura, published in his Journal of the American Medical Association two ways of treating that blood disease.
• That is purpura purplish hemorrhage of blood into the skin.

• peliosis

News & Articles

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• More Americans to hit the road this Labor Day weekend
  An estimated 34.1 million Americans will hit the road this weekend, the highest number of Labor Day travelers since the 2009 recession, according to a AAA study. That includes 1.3 million Ohioans who will head out to celebrate one last hurrah this summer, said Bill Purpura, a AAA spokesman.
  Aug. 30, 2013 - The Canton Repository

Quotes

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• Drayton McLane in MLB.com
  I had already made up my mind [to dismiss him],McLane said. "No one has worked harder for the Houston franchise than Tim Purpura. He's been here 14 years. When you're in charge of player development, you're gone about 80 percent of the...