Pig bladder helped man regrow his fingertip

22-02-2007 | |
Pigprogress
An American man is said to have seen his sliced-off fingertip re-grow after the wound was sprinkled with a powdered extract of pig bladder. Lee Spievack, a 68-year old shopkeeper from Cincinnati, Ohio, lost his right middle finger in the hobby shop where he works, back in August, 2005. Within four weeks, after sprinkling, his finger had regained its original length and by the end of four months it was almost back to normal. PotionUS scientists believe the pig bladder ‘potion’


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