Date:         Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:08:39 EDT
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From:         Ronshell89@AOL.COM
Subject:      Sea urchin help
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On a recent trip to Panama, during a night snorkel, I stepped on a sea
urchin. I drove many spines deep into my left heel, both on the bottom and in the
back. Ow! Later at the hotel, a fellow sheller had some Draw Out Salve. She
applied a glob of this black, tarry smelling stuff, covered my heel with a bandage
and within a few hours the pain was gone and two days later the spines were
GONE! Apparently the active ingredient is ICTHAMOL (check on Google). The Salve
she had is distributed through 'Eckerd' Drug - an east coast drug chain. But
I have seen it here on the West coast at various drug chains.

The next time you go near the water and sea urchins, "Don't leave home
without it"

Ron in Olympia, WA

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