Show Alfalfa Extract Leads 1 f Wound Wound-H Wound Healing oling Drugs I PHILADELPHIA Dec 10 i INS A INS A group of Philadelphia researchers reported Monday that a preparation from rom alfalfa has proved to be the most effective of all known wound- wound healing chemicals The group declared that Chlo Chio- cesium a chlorophyll ll preparation j tion is superior even to the various vari vari- I ous sulfa compounds and penicillin 1 lin tin in promoting speedy healing of wounds i The group at the Hahneman Medical College and hospital in Philadelphia was headed by Dr T. T Cunliffe Barnes noted authority authority autho autho- rit rity on wound healing Their project which was teas supported by bythe bythe bythe the American Medical used a new electronic technique for Jor measuring the rate of wound healing The report published Monday In the American Journal of Surgery Surgery Surgery Sur Sur- gery said that the higher index of healing with was confirmed by a number of other investigators in who worked with animals and reports of other observers observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers on human wound healing heal heal- ing ingIn In the Philadelphia experiments experiments experiments ments small wounds were made madeI I on four fingers of each subject The chemical was administered in the form of a green ointment For purposes of comparison two fingers were treated with the I chlorophyll preparation or other drugs while the other two were left untreated By measuring the change in electrical potential on the skin the Philadelphia team was able to fix the rate of healing |