Thursday, December 15, 2005

Soap Making For Skin Boils

....You take the greasy animal fat from the bottom of a cooking pan. You add the grimy wood ash from the fire below. You mix them together and use the resulting goo to clean yourself....

...We know that the ancient Romans used soap because it's mentioned in several of their books," says Nina Hall. "But they didn't use it to wash their bodies, but instead used it as an ointment to treat skin diseases. And in fact, a soap making factory was discovered in the ruins of Ancient Roman Pompeii, which was destroyed by a volcano in AD 79....

...What's happening when we use one of these plants is that the saponins make a foam when mixed with water, and this lifts off dirt and grease," says Griggs...

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FDA Approves Avelox for Abdominal Infections

....The indication covers abscesses caused by E. coli, Bacteroides fragilis, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, Enterococcus faecalis, Proteus mirabilis, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, or Peptostreptococcus species, the company said. The drug is available in both tablet and IV formulations....

...The overall success rate was 79.8% for the single-dose Avelox group versus 78.1% for the piperacilin-tazobactam group, Schering-Plough said...

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