They were used to draw blood. They were also used by barbers who had to do head surgery on someone. regarding what they were used for, various diseases ranging from the black plague to the common cold.
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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.
since leeches feed by sucking the blood out of their hosts.......they can be used in quantity to suck impurities or toxins out
they are used for people with high blood presure.
Leeches were used back then.
The only medical instrument that would have been used when a doctor used leeches was a knife. Leeches are small parasites found in water. They suck blood, so sometimes a doctor would cut a person before adding the leeches.
Leeches suck blood and it was believed that leeches would actually suck the bad blood\diseased blood out of your body. Today leeches are used after reattachment of body parts, particularly fingers and toes. The leeches relieve the congestion of blood in the affected parts. The leeches also put a chemical into the blood in the area of the attachment that prevents blood from clotting.
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Leeches! They are also used today. Surgeons use them when they reattach a limb. http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/archive/2002/mystery/leeches.html Leeches.