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Article: Honey: Ancient cure or modern alternative?
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- Wound Care
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Honey: Ancient cure or modern alternative?
By Liza G. Ovington, PhD, CWS
President
Ovington & Associates Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Early Egyptians were the first to use honey as a component (along with animal fats and vegetable fibers) in the topical treatment of wounds as evidenced from their writings in the Smith papyrus (1650 BC).