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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2146872, member: 42634&quot;]awesome coin TIF, i would never have guessed what that was on the reverse.&nbsp; i have a couple books about ancient medicine, i&#039;ll paraphrase one i have called &quot;man and wound in the ancient world: by R. A. Gabriel.</p><p><br /></p><p>it (honey) was first used by the egyptians as a wound dressing, they would also combine it with salt which increased its antibiotic properties. this combination probably was the best antimicrobial substanced produce until 19th century (lister, carbolic acid).</p><p>when tested in a lab recently it was as effective as modern antibiotics against some strains of common pathogenic bacteria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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