Bacon makes everything better

Raw bacon fat applied to a splinter or piece of glass embedded in the skin will draw the foreign body out painlessly. The bandage should be changed twice a day. — CONNIE DAVIS, ARNP, BC, Homosassa, Fla. (144-13)

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