Medicine: In Case of Wounds

As in other wars, surgeons in World War II have found many new remedies that seem to speed wound healing. Last fortnight a new salve was announced in the Journal of the A.M.A. by Navy Lieut. Clifford Kinnaird Murray and Captain Camille M. Shaar. It is a paste of red cells (left over in plasma production), powdered tragacanth and hexylresorcinol. Doctors have found it helpful in healing chronic ulcers and infected wounds, especially where circulation is poor.

Some other World War II developments: 1) chlorophyll, the green coloring matter of plants, which cut healing time by 25% in two-thirds of the animals...

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