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Maggots are making a comeback in modern medicine
By the time Michelle Marineau saw her patient, James*, there was little she could do to help him. His big toe had been removed, a complication from years of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. But the amputation site had stubbornly refused to heal. An infection had eaten away flesh and left tendon and bone exposed, streaks of off-white against the angry, red, weeping wound. Several of his other toes had developed gangrene, turning black and slowly dropping off.
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Maggots are also used to heel chronic wounds in Canada with great success .
I've read some interesting things bout leeches being used in medicine for quite sometime as well.