An observant chemist made this discovery reach almost all households all over the world!
You can apply if over intact skin or dry ones or even your lips!
The chemist used to even eat it!
The chemist was Robert Chesebrough (1837–1933) who was a British-born American chemist
In 1859, Chesebrough visited oil fields in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where he observed oil workers using a waxy residue called “rod wax” to heal cuts and burns.
He then spent a decade refining the waxy residue into a clear, odorless gel using vacuum distillation and filtration through bone char.
The name he gave to the ‘mix’ was a combination of German word for water and Greek word for oil! Now that is a combination!
He opened his first factory in Brooklyn, New York and later on merged with Pond’s Extract Company to form Chesebrough-Pond’s!
As late as 1987; the brand was acquired by Unilever, which continues to own and manufacture it today!
What is interesting is that Chesebrough was a fervent believer in the medicinal properties of his invention, leading to several famous claims!
He reportedly ate a spoonful of his product every morning and attributed his longevity—he lived to the age of 96—to this practice!
During a severe bout of pleurisy in his later years, he had his body completely covered in his product and credited his recovery to the treatment.
To prove the product’s effectiveness to skeptics, he would publicly burn his skin with acid or fire and then apply his product to the wound to show its healing power!
Even now many use this for its healing and moisturising properties!
No household is complete without it and the trade name is as well known as Coke!
The German word for water is wasser and the Greek word for oil is elaion!
Did you get the name of the product now?
It is wasser plus elaion or VASELINE!
The one stop solution for everything from cuts to burns! Giving solution to many problems also was the role of many great leaders like MGR!
Now apply some Vaseline over your dry lips and sleep!
Subh ratri!
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