 Due to the silk acting as a local antiseptic, which of course wasn't discovered until modern medicine, reduced the rate of wound borne sepsis and chronic illness.The silk's viscoelastic properties and inordinate tensile strength and toughness aided wound healing by acting in what we know today as 'surgical tape'.Despite its superiority to current methods of large surface area wound care—gauze wrapping, honey vinegar treatments, and systemic antibiotics—as well as other popular dermal patch uses, spider silk has not found its way into clinical practice.