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Fighting Infection
By: AGelbert Date: June 20, 2014, 11:20 pm
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Are Leeches Really Used in Modern Medicine?
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Leeches are still used in modern medicine, although the
bloodsucking worms' medicinal use has declined since the
mid-19th century, when it was thought that removing blood would
help cure diseases. In 2004, the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved leeches for use in recovery
treatment of skin grafts and other body part attachments.
Leeches draw blood from the body when applied, which is thought
to prevent blood from building up underneath a skin graft. They
also are used to help recirculate blood in the case of blocked
veins that sometimes occur after reconstructive reattachment
surgery.
More about historical medicine:
•Heroin was used as a cough suppressant from 1898 until 1924,
when the addictive nature of the ingredient was discovered.
•In the early 1900s, radiation was considered to have healing
properties and was used in products for a range of conditions,
including wrinkles and arthritis. The dangers of radiation
became well known after the death of prominent American tennis
player and industrialist Eben Byers, who said he drank three
bottles of radium-laced water each day. :P
Agelbert Note: Of course the pro-nuclear advocates never got the
word and that's how "nuclear Medicine" was born as a way to
charge for nuclear power plant "products". It's interesting that
the "radiation is good for you"
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/>LETHAL SCAM predates the bomb.
•Eye drops containing bird dung were used from the 16th century
through the 18th century to help treat eye infections. ;D
Agelbert Note: Remember this one? "Look up in the sky! It's a
bird!? It's a Plane!? splotch! It's a BIRD!" :P -> If you
never watched "Superman" on TV, ya don't get it! ;D
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Re: Fighting Infection
By: AGelbert Date: May 6, 2017, 7:54 pm
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[center]How Was Moss Used on the Battlefields of World War
I?[/center]
In 1915, with World War I raging and casualties mounting,
Britain's military doctors were faced with an outbreak of
sepsis, a life-threatening byproduct of infection, and a
shortage of cotton, which was crucial for making bandages. It
was during this time of need that two Scotsmen -- botanist Isaac
Bayley Balfour and surgeon Charles Walker Cathcart -- proposed
the idea of making absorbent and antiseptic dressings out of
sphagnum moss, also known as peat moss, which has been used
throughout history to keep wounds clean. The idea was a
life-saver for besieged soldiers and doctors. Balfour and
Cathcart helped identify two moss species -- S. papillosum and
S. palustre -- that worked best for controlling bleeding and
helping wounds heal.
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[center][i]S. papillosum [/I]typically forms dense carpets and
is commonly found growing in lawns of poor fens and rarely
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Life-saving moss on the battlefield:
•In an effort to stave off infections and sepsis, military
doctors had tried everything from irrigating wounds with
chlorine solutions to creating bandages infused with carbolic
acid, formaldehyde
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/>or mercury chloride :P , with varying degrees of success. ;)
•There are ancient accounts that warriors in the battle of
Clontarf outside Dublin in 1014 used moss to pack wounds. It was
also used by Native Americans, who lined children’s cradles and
carriers with moss -- rather like a natural diaper. [img
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height=30]
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/>;D
•Moss was also used during other conflicts, including the
Napoleonic and Franco-Prussian wars. But it wasn’t until World
War I that medical experts realized the plant's full potential.
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