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    What did the ancient Sumerian use to clean a wound?

    Question #74714. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Jan 18 07 11:30 PM)


    BOB501

    		Uric acid from urine was used by a number of civilizations, I guess it worked.

    Jan 19 07, 12:45 AM
    peasypod

    		'Clean' could be ambiguously portrayed here, so I'll offer the herb thyme which was used as an antiseptic by the Sumerians as early as 3000BC.

    http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/gilbert/thyme.htm

    Jan 19 07, 5:49 AM
    tragic_flawed

    		Beer- http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/503947

    Jan 19 07, 6:19 PM

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