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Scientist recreate 9th century remedy & finds that it almost kills MRSA entirely
Posted on 3/31/15 at 11:58 am
Posted on 3/31/15 at 11:58 am
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A 1,000-year-old treatment for eye infections could hold the key to killing antibiotic-resistant superbugs, experts have said.
Scientists recreated a 9th Century Anglo-Saxon remedy using onion, garlic and part of a cow's stomach. They were "astonished" to find it almost completely wiped out methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA. Their findings will be presented at a national microbiology conference.
The remedy was found in Bald's Leechbook - an old English manuscript containing instructions on various treatments held in the British Library. Anglo-Saxon expert Dr Christina Lee, from the University of Nottingham, translated the recipe for an "eye salve", which includes garlic, onion or leeks, wine and cow bile.
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The Plague, however, fricked them up 5 centuries later. They probably killed those who could help contain the plague under heresy and witchcraft charges.
Those old-school Brits knew their shite. It's no wonder the were a dominant world occupying force back in the day.
This post was edited on 3/31/15 at 12:01 pm
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Posted on 3/31/15 at 11:59 am to Dan Bilzerian
Old school
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:13 pm to Dan Bilzerian
It's a salve. There are a hundred topical things that kill MRSA. If it isn't safe to go inside a blood stream (this doesn't look to be), it's not particularly useful.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:14 pm to Dan Bilzerian
Pharmacist will find a way to say it's not true
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:19 pm to Dan Bilzerian
I've always wondered how stuff like this gets discovered. I mean, how many things and people did they go through before deciding garlic, onion, and part of a cows stomach helped with eye infections..
It doesn't make any sense. Its up there with those amazon tribes that take a normally deadly plant, put it through 10 different processes and it comes out edible and a delicacy that they've enjoyed for a thousand years.
It doesn't make any sense. Its up there with those amazon tribes that take a normally deadly plant, put it through 10 different processes and it comes out edible and a delicacy that they've enjoyed for a thousand years.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:36 pm to Dan Bilzerian
Bleach can kill MRSA. We should start doing Bleach IV drips to cure those patients. 
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:41 pm to Dan Bilzerian
Leaving 10% of the MRSA alive means it's ultimately futile. And I love this other BBC story that is linked from that page:
Um, it's suffered from drought like conditions for all of recorded history. It's a facking desert.
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For three years, the Thar Desert in south-east Pakistan has been suffering from drought-like conditions.
Um, it's suffered from drought like conditions for all of recorded history. It's a facking desert.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:42 pm to Dan Bilzerian
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