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Did doctors once use maggots to cure infections and help heal wounds?

April 26, 2017cure doctors heal help infections maggots wounds

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Did doctors once use maggots to cure infections and help heal wounds?

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Doctors prescribed maggots to help heal wounds during World War I. How did this happen? The doctors caring for war casualties noticed that some patients’ wounds healed quicker and were more resistant to infection than others. At closer look, they realized those patients had flies landing on their open sores and laying eggs. Befo