Dia Spriggs wrote in a message to All:
DS> Saw something on TV today about a dr. in Irvine using maggot therapy
DS> on people with gangenous wounds.  It seems that maggots eat the
DS> rotten flesh while leaving the good..also they destroy bacteria
DS> inside their bodies and may exude some kind of antibacterial action
DS> on tissue itself.  
     I am not up on the details, but I have heard stories from a medic from 
the Viet Nam war.  Soldiers with sores out in the field who ended up getting 
maggots had their sores heal better than those who did not.
     However, as with the medical use of leeches, I would consider the 
"gross-out" factor to be a major hindrance to the wide spread acceptance of 
such a procedure.  
     Sue
... "We have no crime after dark." "SWAT team?" "Vampires."
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