>On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Aaron Morris wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for references to honey as a wound dressing.  It was a
>common
>> wound dressing in the US Civil War, but has been usurped by modern
>> medicine. ...
>
   How about an anecdote?  Last sunday, I stabbed myself in the left palm
with a screwdriver while installing an outdoor light fixture.  Judging by
the red on the floor and the words in the air, it was a pretty good one.
(The wife said sompin about tryin to be like Jesus...)
 
   I took the old honeybear and squirted a handful.  I repeated that once
daily.  Today, (thursday,) the flesh is fresh and pink there.  It healed
FAST!  FWIW...
 
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