How about the Russian soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars: used to cut the stomach of their horses open and sleep inside it to protect against the cold.
I'm not sure what I would do for survivals sake until I am there. Sure I would drink my own piss. There are already many who do partake in urine therapy.http://skepdic.com/urine.html
' not sure about that one or not. I do know someone who does this though. I am not sure how often he does it or not....I just know its not a choice I would make unless I absolutely had to.
Urine can only be recycled through the human body so many times before the toxins your body has expelled through your urine become so concentrated that they become toxic to you. I'm trying to find a link or something credible, but I don't think people do many scientific studies on urine's toxicity. I'll try to find some sources, though.
Drinking your own urine for medicinal purposes has been a fad numerous times over the last 500 years or so Hotwater
http://chestofbooks.com/health/natu...ause-and-Cure-Vol1/The-Toxicity-Of-Urine.html Well, there's one. I give up on finding any others. Haha.