BACON—MORE THINGS IT CAN DO.

BACON—MORE THINGS IT CAN DO. Instapundit has a recurring caption for reports about new findings on bacon: “BACON—WHAT CAN’T IT DO?” The most recent report was from the Guardian, about this medical study. Researchers have discovered that “nasal packing with strips of cured pork” is an effective way to treat uncontrollable nosebleeds. (I take “cured pork” to refer to bacon). The nosebleeds that are cured by the bacon are not just any nosebleeds. The treatment described was for “life-threatening hemorrhage in a patient with Glanzmann thrombasthenia.” The Guardian article (by Mark Abrahams) points out that bacon has been a folk remedy for nosebleeds. It was reported in 1940 that bacon had been successfully used in “controlling nasal haemorrhage, as seen in cases of leukemia, haemophilia … hypertension … measles or typhoid fever and during the third stage of labour”.