The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesebrough, was such a firm believer in its medicinal properties that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it a day. During a bout of pleurisy in his 50s, he ordered his nurse to cover him from head to toe in the substance, and soon recovered. He lived to be 96.

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My grandfather became ill when he was in his 90s. We tried smearing him from head to foot with Vaseline. He went down hill quite quickly after that.

(C) Milton Jones

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His grandpa: https://youtube.com/shorts/bgKhLff4suU?si=vhAgpO-e8uNDQ19L