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