Posted by gardenergirl on November 1, 2004, at 18:30:06
In reply to Re: doctors and prescriptions, posted by dancingstar on November 1, 2004, at 15:13:35
Just fyi, leeches are actually used still in hospitals to facilitate blood flow for digit reattachments. They secrete a heparin which busts clots that inhibit good blood flow during healing.
Kind of gross, but hardly barbaric.
gg
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