Claim: Robert A. Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, ate a spoonful of petroleum jelly every day until he died at age 96, and once cured himself of pleurisy by having a nurse cover his body in Vaseline.
Fact-check: Vaseline Inventor Ate Spoonful of Petroleum Jelly Every Day?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Caroline Wazer
Date published: 2024-07-04T23:00:03