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It seemed that all the other " scavangers " and " cleaners " did was eating the

patient's leg away without

apparent benefit to him. But THESE cleaners, the maggots, actually ate only dead

and dying tissue. This

seems to support the notion that not all microbes and parasites should be

welcome in our bodies.

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> I thought this would be interesting in the light of recent discussion.

However--this is one specific

> maggot. There are also maggots that invade healthy tissue, as other articles

on the subject tell.

>

> H.J.

>

> http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dre0

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It shows how rare a beneficial bug is.

Roman schrieb:

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> It seemed that all the other " scavangers " and " cleaners " did was eating the

patient's leg away without

> apparent benefit to him. But THESE cleaners, the maggots, actually ate only

dead and dying tissue. This

> seems to support the notion that not all microbes and parasites should be

welcome in our bodies.

>

> Roman

>

> son wrote:

>

> > I thought this would be interesting in the light of recent discussion.

However--this is one specific

> > maggot. There are also maggots that invade healthy tissue, as other articles

on the subject tell.

> >

> > H.J.

> >

> > http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dre0

> >

>

>

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> It shows how rare a beneficial bug is.

>

Oh? There are billions upon billions of beneficial 'bugs' in you

right now. Do an internet search on 'candida' and 'microflora

imbalance' to get started. There are many other disease states that

result from such imbalances, which is why NT is big on lacto-

fermentation and raw milk.

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I meant bug quite literally.

justinbond schrieb:

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> > It shows how rare a beneficial bug is.

> >

>

> Oh? There are billions upon billions of beneficial 'bugs' in you

> right now. Do an internet search on 'candida' and 'microflora

> imbalance' to get started. There are many other disease states that

> result from such imbalances, which is why NT is big on lacto-

> fermentation and raw milk.

>

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>>>>>>>>>>>The AMA will not go for it. It's too inexpensive! Those

bugs aren't even rare. I think I've seen many green bottle flies.

Thisgives me a new appreciation of flies! Dennis

> >

> > > I thought this would be interesting in the light of recent

discussion. However--this is one specific

> > > maggot. There are also maggots that invade healthy tissue, as

other articles on the subject tell.

> > >

> > > H.J.

> > >

> > > http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dre0

> > >

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> >

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I did mean rare in the context of the greater bug community <S>.

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> >>>>>>>>>>>The AMA will not go for it. It's too inexpensive! Those

> bugs aren't even rare. I think I've seen many green bottle flies.

> Thisgives me a new appreciation of flies! Dennis

>

>

> > >

> > > > I thought this would be interesting in the light of recent

> discussion. However--this is one specific

> > > > maggot. There are also maggots that invade healthy tissue, as

> other articles on the subject tell.

> > > >

> > > > H.J.

> > > >

> > > > http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dre0

> > > >

> > >

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I'm more than a week behind in reading posts, but the maggot message

reminded me of leeches, also making a modern medical comeback.

~ Carma ~

http://www.biopharm-leeches.com/

The leech was indispensable in 19th Century medicine for bloodletting, a

practice believed to be a cure for anything from headaches to gout.

Leeching was largely abandoned as medical science advanced, only

occasionally being called upon to treat bruising and black eyes.

However, the medicinal leech is making a comeback in modern medicine

thanks in part to the work of Dr. Roy Sawyer, an American scientist who

established the world's first leech farm. Based at Hendy near Swansea,

South Wales, Biopharm is home to over 50,000 leeches which are supplied

to hospitals and research laboratories around the world.

Thousands of patients owe the successful reattachment of body parts to

miraculous technological advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery;

at least some of these operations might have failed if leeches had not

been reintroduced into the operating room. The appendages reattached

include fingers, hands, toes, legs, ears, noses and scalps.

The pioneering use of leeches in modern plastic and reconstructive

surgery can be attributed to two Slovenian surgeons, M. Derganc and F.

Zdravic from Ljubljana who published a paper in the British Journal of

Plastic Surgery in 1960 describing leech-assisted tissue flap surgery

(in which a flap of skin is freed or rotated from an adjacent body area

to cover a defect or injury). These surgeons credit their own use of

leeches to a Parisian surgeon, one Philippe-Frédéric, who reported in

1836 that he had used leeches to restore circulation following

reconstruction of a nose.

The rationale behind the use of leeches in surgical procedures is fairly

straightforward; nonetheless, it is subject to misunderstanding, even by

clinicians. The key to success is the exploitation of a unique property

of the leech bite, namely, the creation of a puncture wound that bleeds

literally for hours. The leech's saliva contains substances that

anaesthetise the wound area, dilate the blood vessels to increase blood

flow, and prevent the blood from clotting.

Microsurgeons today are adept at reattaching severed body parts, such as

fingers. They usually have little trouble attaching the two ends of the

arteries, because arteries are thick-walled and relatively easy to

suture. The veins, however, are thin-walled and especially difficult to

suture, particularly if the tissue is badly damaged. All too often the

surgeon can get blood to flow in the reattached arteries but not veins.

With the venous circulation severely compromised, the blood going to the

reattached finger becomes congested, or stagnant; the reattached portion

turns blue and lifeless and is at serious risk of being lost. It is

precisely in such cases that leeches are summoned.

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