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On the other hand the inventor of Vaseline aka petroleum jelly claimed that his invention allowed him to live to 96 [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob
by agentgt 10y ago
On the other hand the inventor of Vaseline aka petroleum jelly claimed that his invention allowed him to live to 96 [1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chesebrough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chesebrough
- MBCook 10y agoYou wouldn't happen to be Sawbones listener would you?
- agentgt 10y agoNope... I have been meaning to get into Stitcher or whatever is in vogue these days for listening to NPR style radio but just haven't.
- MBCook 10y agoIt's a podcast about medial history (mostly how horribly wrong and weird our theories were) that I enjoy quite a bit, and they had an entire episode on the invention, sale, and medical uses of petroleum jelly just a week or two ago.
- agentgt 10y agoI have some doubts about vaseline as well as zinc oxide (I just had a son so I'm changing diapers frequently). On the one hand you want a barrier on the other hand you want skin to breath (it is a similar problem with rain jackets made of synthetics). There is probably a better thing then Vaseline but I guess its good enough.