Make honey act as a weak antibiotic

[DronzTheWolf]

With spaceacilin being removed, and no antibiotics in the medical vendors, you're left to suffer a 100% deadly infection if there's no chemist and you were unfortunate enough to burn yourself on a cheap lighter. 
However, this can change. Honey has some antibiotic properties, and we can probably make those be a bit exaggerated in-game by way of saying the bees are genetically modified to produce more antibiotic honey, though it's nowhere near as strong as commercial antibiotics.

"In the laboratory, honey has been shown to hamper the growth of food-borne pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella, and to fight certain bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, both of which are common in hospitals and doctors' offices."

I know it's a bit out there, but it'd make those who go out of their way to keep bees a little more useful, and help fill a hole in our current system.

[Zundy]

Do it.

[Sheeplets]

I like this idea, I like it a lot. Kind of curious about how it could be implemented though, obviously we can't just shoot up honey and you can't apply it like ointment. Maybe react it with enzyme to refine it more?

[Conspiir]

This is (or should be) already a thing, as per the Makeshift Chemistry PR:

 

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Certain reagents, like any kind of alcohol, space cleaner, sterilizine, honey, and to a very, VERY small extent water, will disinfect wounds when used on rags.

 

I don't know how powerful it is, though.

Edited August 18, 2019 by Conspiir

[Carver]

On 18/08/2019 at 13:32, Conspiir said:

This is (or should be) already a thing, as per the Makeshift Chemistry PR:

 

 

I don't know how powerful it is, though.

An antibiotic is not a disinfectant, for an example of the difference: An antibiotic fights an active infection. Ointment mechanically disinfects (that is, prevents the infection of) wounds (which people forget when treating injuries surprisingly often).

What that PR would imply is you can use alcohol, space cleaner etc. in place of/for lack of ointment to prevent infection from a burn or similar.

[Garnascus]

Didn't duke purple tea have an effect similar to this that we removed?  

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

2 minutes ago, Garnascus said:

Didn't duke purple tea have an effect similar to this that we removed?  

Yes Ornias did it and skull allowed it because they are weak and lower than the beetles that eat poop.

I like this suggestion.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

double post

Edited August 22, 2019 by Marlon Phoenix

[Zundy]

Bring back herbal medicine! Make honey an antibiotic!

[Carver]

6 hours ago, Garnascus said:

Didn't duke purple tea have an effect similar to this that we removed?  

Tea was a weak anti-toxin substitute, not an antibiotic or disinfectant.