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  • From: Spidra Webster <spidra@speakeasy.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: urine for poison ivy rash?
  • Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:39:21 -0700


On Oct 23, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Brungardt, Sam wrote:

It's the urea in the urine; it promotes healing.  In the Navy, one cure for athlete's foot was to pee on your feet. -- Sam Brungardt

Cecil Adams of The Straight Dope has addressed that practice.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/070330.html  <--- for those with delicate sensibilities, he does swear a bit.

Megan Lynch

Berkeley, CA 9b



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