Recreation > Hiking > TipsSeptember 17, 2010

Cobwebs as First Aid Disinfectant

Cobwebs contain many disinfectants, including penicillin. If you're in the wilderness and someone (or yourself) has been cut badly, wrap clean cobwebs around the wound and cover with a clean cloth.

Source: A friend took a wilderness survival course and told me about this tip.

By sooz from Toronto, ON

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