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  • المؤلفون: Arnold, Carrie
  • المصدر:
    Scientific American. Apr2013, Vol. 308 Issue 4, p19-19. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      MAGGOTS; WOUND care; ANTI-infective agents; WOUND healing; HISTORY of medicine
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The article discusses the use of maggots in medicine, with a focus on their ability to clean wounds and assist the healing process. Topics include the effectiveness of maggot debridement in which dead and infected tissue is removed so the wound can heal, the impact of maggots on the immune system's complement response to heal infections, and the historic use of maggots to clean injuries prior to the invention of antibiotics.