I won't take everything as sound advice - but I like the way he pounds some old myths to pieces. Neither arbitrary advice from the internet nor myths should be taken as survival gospel. Use facts and clear thinking...


Speaking of facts - does anyone know of reliable facts about the potency of bacteria in saliva to infect wounds? I'm not out of the blue proposing anyone to lick open wounds as a method of cleaning them. But I have a strong gut reaction when the article blatantly implies that saliva bacteria is almost guaranteed to infect the wound. (It's in the article about sucking the poison out of snake bites). Without scientific facts to back it up, I really don't buy into that bacteria that are living in your mouth (creating bad breath and so on) will live and multiply (infect) when transferred to wounds. I want PROOF of that happening. Otherwise it's just replacing one myth with another...