You can treat a sore throat with hydrogen peroxide in a couple of different ways. You can gargle a mixture of peroxide and warm boiled water, or you can dip a wool covered stick in 3% peroxide and coat your tonsils. With either of these remedies, you want to be careful not to swallow...
Cotton, silk, wool, and flax fibres were used as textile materials in ancient Egypt; cotton was used in India by 3000 bce; and silk production is mentioned in Chinese chronicles dating to about the same period. The history of spinning technology will be touched on below in the section ...