A prehistoric Iceman found in 1991 on a mountain glacier in Italy used moss to help staunch the bleeding in his wounds. Nicknamed Ötzi, this 46-year-old man used an absorbent moss with mild antiseptic qualities to dress a cut on his palm. Ötzi later died from several wounds, including an arrow wound in his shoulder.
Ötzi, one of the world’s oldest and best-preserved ice mummies, lived 5,300 years ago. Research shows that he traveled extensively through Europe, and that he used moss for different purposes, including dressing wounds and wrapping meat.
wow!! that is cool!! ancient people weren’t as stupid as we think!!!!
wow! thats really interesting!
I don’t know if he was THAT old, but then again…
Wow Thats sweet
I agree with Benny Boy. 😉
Smart Guy, too bad he had to die so soon.
I never Knew that they can be that well preserved
awesome! I wonder how he got stuck in ice?
Wait, why are we hearing about somthing that happend in 1991 in Decmber 2008?
was he alive or not?
wow they had preastoric paramedics?
he was wounded then he was alive but he pasted out and froze to death and then he died
i guess u can use moss quite a bit.i feel sorry for the man, he died alone.
I’ve read about the Ice Man. They originally thought that Otzi had freezed to death. This information tells us what is people did.