Danny Wilde <fuzakenbo@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:1112208036.854161.205700@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> 
> > I've heard similar things before. Somewhere I saw that doctors are
> > experimenting with using leeches to heal burn victims because they eat
> > the dead flesh and secrete something that's beneficial.
> 
> Maggots, not leeches. Leeches drink blood.

There are also experiments with leeches, because they drink blood. Turns
out they can be useful for draining collections of blood that can occur
when the circulatory system hasn't rebuilt itself after an injury--which
also includes skin grafts after a burn.

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