During the Great Patriotic War, partisans used peat moss sphagnum as a dressing material. How can this fact be explained?
November 11, 2020 | Education
| 1) Sphagnum moss has a bactericidal effect, i.e. prevents wound infection; 2) due to the presence of aquiferous cells, sphagnum is able to absorb a large amount of blood from the wound.
