Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!orca!shark!hutch From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: prevention <---> treatment Message-ID: <1487@shark.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 19:50:22 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.1487 Posted: Mon Jul 29 19:50:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Jul-85 15:45:51 EDT References: <1049@cbdkc1.UUCP> <34@unc.UUCP> <1486@shark.UUCP> Reply-To: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 23 Xref: tektronix net.med:01920 Summary: In article <1486@shark.UUCP> hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) writes: >In article <34@unc.UUCP> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes: >>In article geb@cadre.ARPA (Gordon E. Banks) writes: >>>However, the "raw honey" information posted was sheer superstition. >>>Raw honey has been reported to cause botulism in infants, but otherwise >>>no significant health differences have been discovered between this >>>bee-sugar and cane or beet sugar. >>I've read that Roman soldiers used honey as a balm for binding wounds. >>If honey really has no such antiseptic effect, then why doesn't it spoil >>when stored at room temperature? > >Honey doesn't spoil at room temperature because bee spit has a weak >antibiotic effect. However, if you leave it uncovered, which the bees >do not, it will mold if it stays out long enough. Not a lot of things >WILL grow on a pure sucrose base, though, at least, it wasn't too good >as a culture medium back in bio class in school. Proteins were lots better. > >Hutch AHA! Mere moments after I finish this reply, I am embarrassed to see the discussion of the real reason: osmotic pressure. Right, duh, now I remember. Bacteria can't grow because they keep being forced into spore state by the nasty dehydrating environment. Oh well