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[[File:Untitled-Stitched-01.jpg|right|]][[File:Untitled-Stitched-01.jpg|right|thumb||A stone pig made by [[Adirondack%20Hardware%20Company|Adirondack Hardware Company]]|.<br>|Courtesy of Lee Arnold.]][[File:Stone%20Pig%20ad.jpg|left|]][[File:Stone%20Pig%20ad.jpg|left|thumb|[[Adirondack%20Hardware%20Company|Adirondack Hardware Company]]| Stone Pig advertisement from the ''[[Journal%20of%20the%20Outdoor%20Life|Journal of the Outdoor Life]]''|. Historic Saranac Lake collection. ]]'''Stone pig''' was the nickname given to large, ceramic hot water bottles, used by TB patients attempting the fresh air cure, which typically meant sleeping in bitterly cold weather on a [[cure%20porch|cure porch]] wrapped in layers of blankets. The stone pig was a great comfort in such circumstances.

[[File:Stone%20Pig.jpg|Stone%20Pig.jpg]][[File:Stone%20Pig.jpg|thumb||Stone Pig. Historic Saranac Lake collection. ]]