Ron, I'm not a medical professional...but the inventor of Vaseline was the first person to use it for wound care. Saw it on the history channel the other night. Here's the Wikipedia entry:
"Before Chesebrough could try to sell it, he had to test it to see if it really worked on cuts and burns by using himself as the guinea pig. Having demonstrated the products efficacy on himself, Chesebrough was unable to sell any to drug stores until he travelled around New York State demonstrating his miracle vaseline. Before a rapt audience he'd burn his skin with acid or an open flame, then spread the clear jelly on his injuries, showing at the same time his past injuries, healed, he claimed, by his miracle product. To further create demand, he gave out free samples." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaseline For better references you could search abstracts for "wound care" and "vaseline." I bet you'll come up with some hits. Chuck >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/29/2006 2:46 PM >>> Has anyone ever heard of using Vaseline for wound care. I have a friend that is about 4 weeks post skin cancer removal. She has one very small area that has not healed. Her dermatologist told her today to fill the area with Vaseline! Has anyone heard of this type of thing? Thanks, Ron -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
