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I'd guess they did what the do now. They eat away all dead material leaving the live tissue to begin healing.
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Are leeches endangered?
Most leeches are blood sucker hence bad but they are used in Alexandrian school of Medicine for treatment .
How are leeches used for medicine?
they are used for people with high blood presure.
How can leeches be useful in medicine?
since leeches feed by sucking the blood out of their hosts.......they can be used in quantity to suck impurities or toxins out
What did Victorians use for medicine?
They used leeches to suck out all of the diseases they have got.
What medicine did Victorians use?
They used leeches to suck out all of the diseases they have got.
How where leeches use in the middle ages for medical reasons?
Leeches were used as part of the bleeding process and to clean wounds. Modern medicine has found that the leech actually does secrete a chemical into a wound that helps it heal and some doctors have started to use leeches.
Which medicine was created in the Primitive Era and is still used today?
morphine
Why do medicinal leeches not feed on mammals?
Humans are mammals. How could they be used in medicine on humans, if they won't feed on mammals.
What types of medicine were in use in 1850?
leeches guy
Africa medicine in the nineteenth century?
Africans used primitive tribal medicine until the first missionary doctors brought modern medicine in the 19 the centtury.
What is leeches relationship to man?
Leeches are known as parasites but they can be useful in medicine. After surgery, some doctors use leeches to prevent dangerous swelling near a wound. Also, leeches make a useful chemical that people can use.
How are leeches being used in modern medicine?
Leeches are being used to draw of congested blood from wound. They are cost effective, and do a great job. They have also been used to facilitate blood flow in cases of limb reattachment too. They keep blood moving until the body can compensate on its own.
