<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Avery Todd asked: "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3>I'm showing my ignorance here, but what is = DMSO?"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Avery,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That stands for DiMethylSulfOxide! It = is a derivitive from wood. Weyhauser discovered the stuff, many years ago. = It's original purpose was to clean metal. Somewhere along the way it was = found to have anti-inflammatory properties that help ease Arthritis. There are = several grades. There is Industrial: used for metal, etc. Veternary: used on = animals with ailments like hip displacure, as in Dacshounds & German = Shephards. And, Medical: used for Arthritis treatment. That's all I know. And, I'm sure = there's a whole lot of info available. (That I don't need to know.<G>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>