tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post1046330640940005582..comments2009-08-27T23:04:52.435-07:00Bearded Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-57105858070114083872009-08-27T23:04:52.435-07:002009-08-27T23:04:52.435-07:00You seem to be a pee expert....tee hee! <br />What an incredible mind you have to come up with such fabulous info and illustrations to go with it! Can&#39;t wait to see that book!Roberta Bairdhttp://www.robertabaird.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-53171464385828118992009-08-26T04:37:48.157-07:002009-08-26T04:37:48.157-07:00entspinster - thanks for the info! I am pretty sure will find urea in modern day antifungal cream too - I think it is to help soften the skin too? not sure. (I am obviously not in the medical profession.) I just didn&#39;t want people peeing on themselves thinking it would cure Athletes foot. haha<br /><br />The red light healing info is so cool. (I wish I knew about it before I completed this book.) Although I agree that red draperies wouldn&#39;t do much...they were on the right path. It just makes me wonder where they came up with the idea.Bearded Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-2744604894896914012009-08-26T02:57:08.058-07:002009-08-26T02:57:08.058-07:00About soaking your feet in urine-- urine contains urea, a compound that softens the skin. It could help with itching caused by dry skin, and urea is still used in some skin care creams.entspinsterhttp://entspinster.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-44928380491554758622009-08-25T18:54:26.472-07:002009-08-25T18:54:26.472-07:00Dermatol Surg 2008, 34:320-325.<br /><br />Here&#39;s the citation to the print version. Sorry this took a seperate post. I have really cut rate internet software.entspinsterhttp://entspinster.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-80513986623224882792009-08-25T18:46:07.786-07:002009-08-25T18:46:07.786-07:00Effects of Continuous-Wave (670-nm) Red Light on<br />Wound Healing<br />BRANDON J. ERDLE, BS, SABINE BROUXHON, MD,y MARTIN KAPLAN, PHD,z JOANNE VANBUSKIRK, BS,<br />AND ALICE P. PENTLAND, MD<br />BACKGROUND Recent work suggests that injuries can heal faster if treated by lasers emitting 670-nm<br />red light. LED lights emitting 670-nm light are now available. This suggests that inexpensive and easyto-<br />use 670-nm LED lights might help accelerate cutaneous wound healing.<br />OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate the effect of 670-nm LED light on wound healing in SKH-1<br />hairless mice.<br />METHODS To study 670-nm light effects on incisional injury, animals were left unexposed or exposed<br />to equal doses of high-, medium-, or low-flux light. Burn injuries were treated with high-flux light or left<br />unexposed. Healing was assessed by measurement of the burn area and the gap remaining to closure of<br />incisional injury.<br />RESULTS Mice exposed to 670-nm red light showed significantly faster healing than control mice. High,<br />medium, and low fluxes of light were all effective after incisional injury. In burn injury, there was<br />improvement in wound healing initially, but the time to repair was unchanged.<br />CONCLUSIONS A 670-nm LED red light source accelerates healing in skin of SKH-1 hairless mice after<br />incisional injuries, but is not as effective for burn injuries. These data that suggest red light exposure<br />may be helpful in postoperative wound repair.<br />Monetary support and the LED lamp for the project were provided by Eastman Kodak Company. Dr Alice<br />Pentland had full access to all data in the study and takes responsibility for its integrity and the accuracy of the<br />data analysis. This is from a reputable medical journal. Keeping smallpox patients with healing skin sores in red light may actually have helped. Of course red draperies were also used in situations where they would be useless, but they would at least do no harm, and it would seem tht the doctors were at least trying to do something.entspinsterhttp://entspinster.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-60412603166107071682009-08-25T15:59:27.055-07:002009-08-25T15:59:27.055-07:00Wow. I now know more about pee than I ever thought I&#39;d learn. Ever. In my entire life. <br />Chug-a-lug, ladies and gents.Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-59993267750354439792009-08-25T14:59:49.400-07:002009-08-25T14:59:49.400-07:00All I can say is &quot;E-e-e-e-w-w-w-w!&quot; Still, it is very interesting what they thought back then, and especially how many folk remedies actually had a reason to work!Debbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145735953197313094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-39293846743658657702009-08-25T14:54:46.076-07:002009-08-25T14:54:46.076-07:00I did pretty good, thanks to a season of Survivor. <br /><br />Who knew that barley seeds were an early pregancy test? That&#39;s just amazing, what they knew &amp; didn&#39;t know back then.Carrie Khttp://mymiddlenameispatience.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816215309027871000.post-6395002046756809272009-08-25T13:21:21.696-07:002009-08-25T13:21:21.696-07:00Muy buena ilustración, me gustó mucho…<br />Saludos.Bernardo Díaz Carrizohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877946824468793036noreply@blogger.com