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Persilschein is a German idiom and literally means "Persil ticket" ("Persil" refers to a brand of laundry detergent). To own or have a Persilschein is akin to having "a clean bill of health" and may refer to the granting of a wide-ranging permission or "carte blanche" to pursue a business or a previously morally or legally suspect interest.
A bill of health is a document issued by the consul or the public authorities of the port which a ship sails from, descriptive of the health of the port at the time of the vessel's clearance. A clean bill of health certifies that at the date of its issue no infectious disease was known to exist either in the port or its neighbourhood.
When cholera returned to England in 1849, 1853 and 1865–66, no attempt was made to seal the ports. In 1847 the privy council ordered all arrivals with a clean bill of health from the Black Sea and the Levant to be admitted, provided there had been no case of plague during the voyage, and afterwards the practice of quarantine was discontinued ...
The building on Halifax Street was closed May 13 when a hazardous odor stemming from roof repair was discovered. Services and clinics were relocated in the interim.
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s campaign released a letter on Wednesday from his doctor stating he is in good health, following pressure from his opponent and the media for an ...
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An opinion is said to be unqualified when he or she does not have any significant reservation in respect of matters contained in the Financial Statements. The most frequent type of report is referred to as the "Unqualified Opinion", and is regarded by many as the equivalent of a "clean bill of health" to a patient, which has led many to call it the "Clean Opinion", but in reality it is not a ...
It's crunch time for Biogen Idec investors. With the company preparing for the Food and Drug Administration's decision on its novel oral multiple sclerosis treatment, BG-12, Biogen first had to ...