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I have never heard of such a case. By their nature maggots ( the larval form of various blow flies) are destructive of dead tissue rather than a preservative. Indeed curers and preservers of meat go to great lengths to avoid infestation by maggots in such products as air dried hams by using mesh fly screens and protective fabric bags for the drying hams.

Interestingly maggots have been used and are still used to remove dead tissue from wounds in humans. The maggots only eat dead tissue leaving the living tissue intact. While superficially an unattractive process it does reduce the need for continual surgical intervention to remove the dead tissue.

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