Internal Medicine JournalPapavramidou N, Christopoulou-Aletra H (2009) Medicinal use of leeches in the texts of ancient Greek, Roman and early Byzantine writers. Intern Med J 39:624–627Papavramidou N, Christopoulou-Aletra H. Medicinal use of leeches in the texts of ancient Greek, Roman ...
Recommendations for the use of leeches in reconstructive plastic surgery. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2014;2014:205929. Mumcuoglu,Kosta,Y. - 《Evidence Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine》 被引量: 36发表: 2014年 Hirudo Medicinalis and the plastic surgeon Whilst the use of leeches ...
A written informed consent should be obtained from the patient before hirudotherapy is initiated. The patients should be treated each day of leech therapy with anti-Aeromonas antibiotics. Leeches sho...
Mankind has always sought the safest ways to bring children into the world. It's the ancient physician Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, born in 936, who is credited with early documentation of the "Walcher position" in obstetrics, a technique still used by some midwives. Bring on the leeches Sam ...
leechAlthough human interaction with leeches is common in Australia, there is little documented literature on ocular injuries as a result of contact with a leech. We report a case of ocular leech attachment and a previously undocumented method of removal with hypertonic saline solution....
An overview of leech and its therapeutic applications Hirudotherapy has a broad spectrum of therapeutic application in the medical field ranging from cardiology, gynaecology, ophthalmology, plastic and reconstructive surgeries. In medieval and early modern medicine, leeches were used to rem... P Sivach...
(Shock Therapy for any reason belongs in the dark ages. ‘Would you like some leeches with your electrodes?’) To most people depression is a ‘fact of life.’ How many people in this ‘modern,’‘civilized’ world are taught about depression? How many of us know know all of its ...
(History of the animals most widely used in medicine), where he writes: “Make use of the dung of dogs, which have eaten only bones for two days (according to Galen), dry and ground up the white part, forsquinancy, dysentery and very old sores” [104]. And in the eighteenth ...
Today, for the first time in history, the leech actually has a real and valuable purpose in medicine as a useful adjunct for the plastic surgeon: It provides relief of venous congestions. For over 2000 years, leeches were needlessly applied for a multitude of maladies as an adjunct to ...
Leeches have been used in traditional medicinal practices from ancient times and is making a comeback in modern medicine in recent days. The objective of this study was to document the therapeutic practices of a folk herbalist (FH) in Tang ail district, Bangladesh who used a combination of ...