Yeah. Maggot therapy from the old days to treat gangrene... the bugs eat the dead flesh and keep it from being a source of toxins that bacteria produce breaking down dead tissue. The maggots get it first. Maggot therapy, (fly larvae), is still used from time to time by doctors to treat difficult cases.
Now everyone go ewwwwwwwwwww! At 09:07 AM 11/25/02, you wrote: >The irony is that the larvae may have kept the wound from going septic. I >recall one case of a person coming out of the jungle full of maggots or >other larvae and the doc said that's what saved him. > >-Kevin > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:52 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Something must have been bugging this guy >> >> >> From another of the newsletter lists I get: >> >> -------------- Something's Been Bugging Me... -------------- >> >> You can imagine how surprised Kevin Gilvary was when he not- >> iced a living creature coming out of his back. While changing >> the dressings on what he thought was a mosquito bite, he looked >> in the mirror and saw a "yellowish head sticking out and wiggl- >> ing." With one squeeze, the larva popped out on to a tissue and >> was sealed in a jar for Gilvary to examine. Amazingly, the inch- >> long bug had been nesting inside the man's back for three months, >> after he was "bitten" while trekking through the South American >> jungle. Kevin and his partner Christine have already booked >> their next trip to Cuba and will most likely bring plenty of >> bug spray. >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
