Comments on: PSA Monday (today on Tuesday): Health Myths Debunked!

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:00:25 +0000

No, Mr. Cotton, it isn’t. Oils like butter or margarine will actually seal in the heat, rather than allowing it to escape naturally. (Also, butter and margarine turn rancid pretty quickly.) The best treatment for a first-degree burn is to immerse it in cold water for roughly 20 minutes (according to askdrsears.com), followed by some pain reliever. Since second-degree burns form blisters, you need actual burn creams for those. (Third-degree burns, naturally, are filed under GO TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.)

By: Harvey D. Cotton Jr.

Harvey D. Cotton Jr. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:00:23 +0000

So is it still okay to use butter to treat a burn?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:45:53 +0000

That’s pretty much the only reason I could think of myself, especially from back in the pre-refrigerator ice box day.

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:43:33 +0000

I’m pretty sure the steak in the ‘raw meat to the eye’ remedy is just another species of cold compress. A raw steak is pretty chilly, and deforms to the shape of the eye. An old home remedy that works on the same principle as Dr Mud’s science.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:02:28 +0000

No, he’s definitely creepy.

By: Devin Harris

Devin Harris — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:33:06 +0000

Surely I can’t be the only one who finds Mysterious Unnamed Doctor a bit, well, creepy…can I?

By: Roger Green

Roger Green — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:58:46 +0000

Mysterious Unnamed Doctor- his name is MUD, probably an
ancestor of newsman Roger Mudd.