Alpo Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) Of bathing a wound with coffee. Any novel - somebody gets wounded and he's found by the hero and the hero always heats up water to bathe the wound. So there I am out in the wilderness and you come stumbling up to my camp, wounded. I don't haveHAPPEN to have a pot of hot water just sitting there steaming at the edge of my fire. I do, however, have a pot of coffee sitting there steaming at the edge of my fire. Would cleaning the wound with a clean rag dipped in coffee be a bad thing? Edited September 5 by Alpo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) It would keep the wound from getting sleepy! And it should probably get some rest. Edited September 5 by Eyesa Horg Dang Otto 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Why wouldn't you have a pot of water simmering? Don't you plan on washing the dishes? But let's back up a bit and ask just why in situations like that someone always wants boiled water....you boil it to try to sterilize it, and maybe also the dressings and bandages. It should work. As long as you haven't sugared it (which would rule out Arbuckles). Coffee is a mild vasoconstrictor, so it might help control bleeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Wait...you're out in the wilderness, some wounded guy comes stumbling up to your camp...and you don't have questions? Doesn't seem like an Alpo camp to me. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 34 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: and you don't have questions? 1 hour ago, Alpo said: Would cleaning the wound with a clean rag dipped in coffee be a bad thing? Isn't that a question? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy Me Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Just lick all the blood like a normal person 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Straight sugar works also. Honey with a bit of clove, most herb poultices were chewed and applied. Boiled coffee beats rubbing dirt on it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 36 minutes ago, Texas Joker said: Straight sugar works also. Honey with a bit of clove, most herb poultices were chewed and applied. Boiled coffee beats rubbing dirt on it Honey was an ancient battlefield wound treatment. Sugar is still used in a lot of undeveloped countries in place of antibiotics for treatments of wounds or when antibiotics are not effective. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 i think id want a couple questions answered before i lower my gun barrel but if coffee was what i had he cant be all that picky .....otherwise he can check the next camp out that he stumbles onto and ill enjoy my coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 10 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Straight sugar works also. Honey with a bit of clove, most herb poultices were chewed and applied. Boiled coffee beats rubbing dirt on it Back when @Forty Rod SASS 3935 was a corporal the Greeks u sed a mix of honey, wine, and olive oil on wounds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Somewhere I read that using coffee for an enema was used to help prevent shock. The coffee was made extra strong to be effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 I don't know about extra strong, but I bet you if you didn't let it cool off, when you pumped it in it'd bring him out of shock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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