[Paddlewise] Drinking And Cleaning Wounds With Urine ?

From: Tom <tombrooklyn_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:17:03 -0800 (PST)
> 21 Mar 2002  From: "David Anderson" <squtch_at_quiet-like-a-
> panther.org Subject: Re: NOLS research paper on Human
> Waste
> Healthy urine is sterile.  That 
> is why in survival situations it is advised that you only
> drink your own 
> urine. 

I'd only heard about drinking urine anectodally.  Is it
actually a viable survival technique?  Would urine be good
for flushing out a wound? Perhaps only if the urinator was
in good health, or only for wounds on the same person the
urine came from?

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