[hinckley buzzard]

People have been using honey to heal wounds for millenia. Whatever it is about honey that prevents it from spoiling may be a germfighting factor in wounds.

[niteowl77]

People have been using honey to heal wounds for millenia.

That was the first thing I thought of too.

I suppose the use of sugar as a food preservative will have to wait for someone from Zimbabwe to "invent" it as well.

Mr. niteowl77