[Paddlewise] Drinking And Cleaning Wounds With Urine ?

From: <Niilus_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:34:11 EST
In a message dated 3/22/2002 8:18:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tombrooklyn_at_yahoo.com writes:


> 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?
> 

I have heard that some surfers pee on jellyfish stings.  Is there some 
benefit from uric acid or is that just a macho thing?

Tony

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