North Cache News | 1944-02-04 | Page 3 | Moss Bandages

Moss Bandages Peat-bog moss is today grovTi under the guidance of botanists as a raw material for the making of surgical dressings. Processing the moss is relatively simple. First, it is carefully cleaned of all extraneous ex-traneous matter, then dried, steam sterilized and formed into gauze-covered gauze-covered pads of various sizes. Wounds heal much more quickly with moss than with cotton bandages band-ages because of better drainage and its antiseptic properties. Moss bandages are today being utilized by the Allies in many war theaters of the world.