To: ga medic
My grandmother used to pour turpentine or coal oil on our cuts. Worked every time.
15 posted on
01/28/2007 5:01:13 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
(The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
To: mariabush
My grandmother used to pour turpentine or coal oil on our cuts. Worked every time.IIRC it will draw a splinter out of your finger, too. My Dad thought quinine, turpentine and coal oil would cure almost anything. A hot toddy was a good cure all as well.
66 posted on
01/28/2007 7:49:10 PM PST by
jamaly
(I evacuate early and often!)
To: mariabush
I worked with a guy who was a transmission mechanic at the Chevy dealership. If he cut himself, he put transmission fluid on the cut. Never got infected as far as I know.
Carolyn
91 posted on
01/29/2007 8:29:57 AM PST by
CDHart
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