Vinegar as a Healer

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 49, 20 June 1930, Page 37

Vinegar as a Healer

HERE circumstances permit, it is undoubtedly wise to keep a stock of medicines. There, however, is one healing agent which is to be found in almost every home, and that is vinegar, one of the most useful disinfectants for obstinate wounds. One of my sons had a large and ugly wound on the shinbone. For three months the doctors tried to heal it, and at last amputation was discussed. Then I read a "Mirror" par. recommending starch poultices, and I applied these continually for one day, making the wound look thoroughly clean. After that I applied a pad of lint, soaked in vinegar and water (boiled), making the solution as strong as the patient could bear. I covered the pad with oilskin to keep it moist, renewing it night and morning. In three days the result seemed miraculous, The wound was. practically healed, and needed only protection for a little while before all was well. I have four boys, all baseballers, who are continually receiving injuries, and I am sure that the vinegar treatment has often saved the expetise of medical attention; in fact, it has never failed me. One important point must not be overlooked. The vinegar pad must be kept moist and on the wound both night and day until there is a marked improvement.