SC - Re: SC: Use of Medicinal Leeches
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Thu Sep 7 18:54:19 PDT 2000
In a message dated 9/7/00 12:04:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
KallipygosRed at aol.com writes:
<< Basically, he was censured for using the technique. Consequently, I don't
believe it was ever attempted again at that hospital. But I do know that
years later I read where a baby was badly burned and the maggots were used
to
control the infections that happen with severe burn cases. >>
Maggots are frequently used in modern medicine to clean the ulcers generated
by advanced diabetes.
Ras
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