Comments on: Maggots and modern medicine

By: Isfiske

Isfiske — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:35:21 +0000

Man these are some disgusting creatures. Can’t imagine that can be good for anything, but i guess they can..

By: Maggot

Maggot — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:33:11 +0000

I generally use maggots for icefishing, but i guess we all put our maggots to different use…

By: jmb

jmb — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:57:39 +0000

This is an interesting post Ellee. Even though I realize that the idea of using these creatures in these ways is excellent and they work so well, I’m sure I would freak out if I were the one they were using them on. Leeches have proved very useful to establish blood flow after reattaching body parts.

By: His Holiness

His Holiness — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:36:28 +0000

Our bodies are already filled to the brim with infection eating bacteria. What makes these animals any different apart from the fact that one can visibly see them? And they, due to the fact that they are visible can be easily removed after the insertion.

BTW Ellee I think that you are gorgeous. Nothing to do with this actual issue but it must be stated.

By: mutleythedog

mutleythedog — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:56:32 +0000

Dog saliva is anti-septic – you don’t think I lick my bum for the fun of it do you ?

By: men's sauna

men's sauna — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:08:20 +0000

Maggots are good-cheap and efficient. We use bacteria and viruses for treatment, so why not bigger animals? I will generally reserve them for the less squeamish like New Manure, however. Lola gets antibiotics every time, of course

By: Snafu

Snafu — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:25:21 +0000

Maybe we should give the maggots names like Dave, Tony, Gordon or Menzies!

By: cityunslicker

cityunslicker — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:16:23 +0000

I am all for it, let’s do the most efficient things that work best. As long as the science backs it up.

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:00:34 +0000

Do some dedicated fishermen still put maggots in their mouth to keep them warm when they go fishing, or is that just an old wives tale.
Would I rather let maggots in my mouth than a trip to a dentists – hmmm – let me think.

But Elle the story says it reduces the time of healing from 89 days (with antibiotics) to five with maggots. And costs from a couple of thousand to a couple of hundred?

Is the issue money? – Wouldn’t you rather put up with maggots for 5 days, than antibiotics for 89, and/or any side effects from ‘drugs’

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:54:54 +0000

lol The Curmudgeon,
“we live a lot longer?”
you mean the ‘average’ life expectancy is higher than during world war II, or
when the Romans landed and we used to have weekend tribal brawls and play football with the heads of losers from other villages.

I think there are also myths of old men living till a ripe old age, though of course death from (or during) repeated chilbirth was more common or frequent than it is today.

However, I have always wondered how patients used to cope when there was no hip replacement surgery, no heart surgery, no keyhole surgery and NO cancer treatment.