>Or what about checking a drug store for cotton balls and cotton batting for wound dressing? Indeed - do you have Sno-drops http://www.alltoiletries.com/shared/product.asp?id=44053 This 50/50 cotton/synthetic mix seems to work OK - I have a big bag, 2 or 3 years old. While it is perhaps not the best I have had tried it was very cheap. Not sure if the modern formulation is the same though....
Paul
