I think it was first used in Vietnam to close wounds. It worked much faster
than sutures but it wasn't "approved" medical proceedure at that time.
Nevertheless, lots of lives were saved by unauthorized use of superglue
(Eastman 910).
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: W S Potter [mailto:wester6935@attbi.com]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:18 PM
To: Jon Wennerberg; 'Paul Bland'; 'lsr'
Subject: Re: the Dumbest thing I did this Christmas
Doctors recently have been using it instead of clamps or stitches in some
surgeries.
Wes
on 12/28/01 11:37 AM, Jon Wennerberg at jonw@up.net wrote:
> Hay, Paul -- did I tell you that Superglue helps cracked fingers?
>
> I've put up with cracked fingertips for years -- lotion and other goo just
> doesn't cope with the cold dry weather up here. Last month I finally
tired
> superglue on the cracked skin and I found that it works just dandy.
>
> I was sorta scary that I'd suffer from "chemical" ouchiness if I used the
> stuff, but I only had to endure some discomfort as the glue dried and
moved
> things into their new places. No chemical sting, no chemical sting, no
> chemical sting (I tell you three times). I and Nancy expected the worst,
it
> didn't happen. The glue set within an hour or less, and after three or
four
> days the glue wore off and new skin had started growing. In the meantime
> the glue kept my fingertips from hurting every time I touched something -
> and also held things in place while some new skin grew.
>
> Don't be afraid to use superglue to hold yourself in place.
>
> Don't put it on, fresh, however, before greeting your honeybunch at
bedtime.
> Some things need to be left to the imagination of spectators. . .
>
> Jon #436 1350 M/PS/G
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's way up north)
>
> <<<half Of Paul Bland
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:07 PM
> : the Dumbest thing I did this Christmas>>>
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