Uh, I believe that Sugar was also used to treat wounds in the Napoleonic Wars. It helps but if it was all that great the trials at Fort Sam would have made it a standard or it would have survived the wars and antibiotics would not have been invented. Don’t cite the profit motive. There was need for something better and it got invented.
As someone else pointed out, sugar naturally is not supportive of bacteria. Jam, cookies, cake, jelly, doughnuts stuff like that just don’t spoil. Ever wonder why? Sugar of course and no bacteria.
Of course, we all know that nothing now can can be valid unless it is discovered by one from the cradle of all civilization... Zimbabwe.
I wish I had a black heritage too so I could be smart and discover s@#t and all kinda stuff like dat.
What a crock.
Meat curing (ham, bacon, guanciale, etc...) uses salt and suger/honey to prevent harmful bacteria from forming. I just made my first apple smoked ham last Sunday. http://www.pelletsmoking.com/pellet-smoking-com-lounge-9/first-ham-attempt-mak-6019/
Makes sense to me that sugar is a way to treat certain wounds. Obviously it’s not practical for certain types of infections. You cant shove granulated sugar up your nose for a sinus infection.