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What is a blood sucking parasite once used by physicians?
Leeches! They are also used today. Surgeons use them when they reattach a limb. http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/archive/2002/mystery/leeches.html Leeches.
Why did people think the leeches would be helpful?
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.
How were leeches used in the American revolutionary war?
They were used to remove blood and today they are sometimes used for after plastic surgery and after severed fingers or hands that have been surgically reattached
Does Cincinnati have leeches?
Yes, I just saw one at my school today.
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.
What insect is used to treat boldness?
leeches
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
How are leeches used for medicine?
they are used for people with high blood presure.
How do you bleed someone in 1793?
Leeches were used back then.
What medical instruments were used when a doctor leeched someone?
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.
How were leeches used in the 19th century?
Medical doctors. Apex
Do leeches have arms?
No, leeches are limbless.
