Rubin, Rita,
Medicine Returns to Medieval Methods to Heal Sick, Injured. Rita Rubin. - USA Today, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 75, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Medicine Returns to Medieval Methods to Heal Sick, Injured, July 8, 2004; pp. n.p..
"No question, the thought of getting up close and personal with leeches or maggots is enough to make most healthy people feel ill. But patients who've been treated with the so-called 'devices,' as well as their doctors, credit them with restoring health to tissue when high-tech medicine could not." (USA TODAY) This article discusses the use of leeches and maggots in the treatment of some wounds and injuries.
1522-3264;
United States Food and Drug Adm.
Biotherapy
Leeches
Maggots
Materia medica--Animal
Wounds and injuries--Treatment
AC1.S5
050
Medicine Returns to Medieval Methods to Heal Sick, Injured. Rita Rubin. - USA Today, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 75, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Medicine Returns to Medieval Methods to Heal Sick, Injured, July 8, 2004; pp. n.p..
"No question, the thought of getting up close and personal with leeches or maggots is enough to make most healthy people feel ill. But patients who've been treated with the so-called 'devices,' as well as their doctors, credit them with restoring health to tissue when high-tech medicine could not." (USA TODAY) This article discusses the use of leeches and maggots in the treatment of some wounds and injuries.
1522-3264;
United States Food and Drug Adm.
Biotherapy
Leeches
Maggots
Materia medica--Animal
Wounds and injuries--Treatment
AC1.S5
050