Posts Tagged ‘nurse’
The Rituals of American Hospital Birth by Anthropologist Robbie-David Floyd
“I can remember just almost being in tears by the way they would wheel you in. I would come into the hospital, on top of this, breathing, you know, all in control. And they slap you in a wheelchair! It made me suddenly feel like maybe I wasn’t in control any more.” Why is childbirth,…
Read MoreHoney and Sugar Outperform Antibiotic Ointments in Treating Wounds and Burns
Honey or clean white sugar powerfully inhibits bacterial growth and can outperform antibiotic ointments for wound treatment. From Alexander the Great to the American Revolution in 1776, man has fought and incurred severe wounds and amputations on the battlefield, was treated and survived. For thousands of years people have survived without antibiotics, and it’s time…
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