Ben's Leg Being Treated by Maggots, Jan 95

Ben at Worcester, MA Hospital receives maggot treatment for necrotic tissue.

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• maggots
• treatment
• necrotic
• tissue

[JanboJay]

Not ugly at all, that is mother nature looking after itself at it's best, what a shame some of our Dr'd have lost track of old methods , as well as embracing new ones.

If I get an ulcer anywhere, I shall shout at my GP - bring on the maggotts !

[laurasIs2c]

thanks for posting this. More complete study of such processes could be used rather than antibiotics.

[KJT922010T]

How old is this

[Rune101rune]

lol! janbojay.

[SHADOWICED11]

@JanboJay even in your mouth? cause it can happen?

[amazingdany]

Plus, they make a great protein snack after feasting on your sick flesh.

Just put them in the oven a lil' bit before, it'll make them crunchy on the outside but soft on the inside.

[DrRabbitz]

@ peterski111 well, technically maggots don't have "venom" as venom must be delivered into the envenomed subject via some form of injection (fang, stinger tentacle etc.) but otherwise you're pretty much right. However this is a "low tech" solution in that technology is inherently man-made, to classify something as a technology it must have been researched and discovered/produced, thus a naturally occurring therapy such as maggots is indeed low tech, as it only involves using a wound dressing

[peterski111]

This doctor`s comment "the nature provides us with some low-tech features" is misleading at best. A low-tech mister? There is an array of complex and not yet understood in full capacity procedures and chemical procesess applied and performed by the maggots in healing the wound.....

[peterski111]

.....For us humans to fully replicate this "low-tech" procedure would take 20 years of well funded, NASA supported, federal government invested medical research by the best of the best brains of the finest medical professionals in America and beyond.....

[peterski111]

....And still most likely we would be at the initial stages of this 'low-tech" technology, looking like some funky looking copycat puppets attempting to do something we have blurry idea about. Just because it looks "low-tech" doesn`t really is low-tech....

[peterski111]

....I believe the sheer chemical complexity of the maggot venom is something so beautiful, that selectively dissolves rotten tissue, leaving healthy one intact is a phenomenon appreciated only by the chosen few. Just like the cobra venom is so incredibly complex, that only by tweaking with it we can create anti-venom. Now let`s try to make one from scratch; good luck! What do you have to say to this Doctor Hi-Tech?

[krrrruptidsoless]

I see the future of the price of flies rising and they will become scarce around everywhere but laboratories. Only rich people will have them with little gold fly collars. So long maggots. Maggots white gold.