You may have read of this ‘miracle’ cure in weekly newspaper stands as you were getting your groceries, but it actually seems to have reliable medicinal properties.  Honey, used for thousands of years by the ancient Romans, is making a comeback, at least with veterinarians. Those of you who have gotten sick know that there is a benefit to the addition of honey to your warming tea.  It soothes the throat and even eases a cough.  Honey is also known to have antibacterial and antimicrobial properties.  This stuff is amazing it even manages to never go bad.  Yep, honey apparently lasts forever.  Though, I don’t know if I’m up to testing that statement.  The antimicrobial and antibacterial properties are what really interests veterinarians at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.  The vets have currently applied honey and honey comb in a mixed paste form to the injuries of a 75 pound loggerhead sea turtle the vets have nicknamed, ‘Duffy’.  The sea turtle received a deep cut from the blades of a boat propeller.  This injury is quite serious and can kill a sea turtle without treatment, but several months after his injury was first afflicted this little turtle is still going strong.  While swimming in his tank at the Sea Turtle Center it’s easy to see that the veterinarians has filled his wound with a white paste.  This paste is the mixture of honey and honey comb that’s been pressed several inches into the turtle’s wound.  Inside the deep gash, this mixture seems to protect the turtle from a variety of infections and fungi that love to grow in moist environments.  This paste also keeps Duffy’s wound dry, so water doesn’t get in.  The mixture also seems to help boost Duffy’s immune system.  Honey has been used for thousands of years by ancients and even doctors up to the 1940s as a treatment for cuts and scratches.  It fell out of use when antibiotics came into use around this time. Source: http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/4040614/