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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:50 PM Original message |
'Maggot Therapy' To Avert Amputation - 'Yuck' But It Works'!!! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. maggots to clean wounds is thousands of years old therapy because |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I Come Up With A Lot Of Stuff When I Google "Maggot Amputation" |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gladiator - The Movie |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. I heard recently on the news that some Canadian hospitals use it |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's a Maggot Therapy Referral Page |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. For A Real Thrill, Google "Maggot Wound" And Click "Images" |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. I know a bit about it and I know someone who was treated with it... |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Only one drawback with the procedure |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I saw this on the Science Channel and/or the Discovery Channel |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Hmmm, maggot farmer? Maybe I'll do that instead of Alpacas. n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. I first heard of this while reading Johnny Got His Gun... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Leeches are used. They emit an enzyme that inhitbits clotting, and |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Intro to maggot therapy (found by googling) |
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Jigarotta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. if I'm ever in that situation... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. They're not sterile |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. LOL! I guess it's unanimous - Google is an excellent resource! LOLOL |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maggots eat dead tissue. |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I saw my good friend on local TV last night who underwent this procedure |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I am so sorry about your sister-in-law. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Provided you have the right maggots. They're specially bred now. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. My great-grandfather had this done in the 1940s-50s; he would allow |
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