Urine is sterile and antibiotic. Good for treating a wound though
culturally distasteful.

On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at 09:58  AM, Automatic digest processor
wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:37:30 -0400
> From:    Kurt Grotz <kgrotz@MAIL.CRAFTECH.COM>
> Subject: Re: Steinbeck should have driven a Vanagon
>
> An old Italian fellow from the "Old Country" once told me that works on
> poison ivy too.  Of course he use his crankcase oil on the dog to kill
> the
> fleas.
>
> Cheers
>
> "He strained and the wrench slipped.  A long gash appeared on the back
> of
> his hand.  The blood flowed evenly from the wound and dripped into the
> pan.
> Hell, I never fixed no car in my life without cutting myself.  Now
> it's done
> I don't have to worry no more.
>
> Well, I can stop that.  He urinated on the ground, picked up a handful
> of
> the resulting mud, and plastered it over the wound.  Best damn thing n
> the
> world to stop bleeding."
>
> Maybe we can place this piece of advice in the archives?
>
> ED in Rockville
>