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What are they used for ?
by Faaak 8y ago
What are they used for ?
- gambiting 8y agoThe article explains it. They are used for getting rid of pooled blood and are used for that purpose by legitimate hospitals and doctors. Obviously quack medicine is also trying to sell them as something to use to get rid of "bad blood" which is nonsense. But they do have legitimate medical uses.
- AllegedAlec 8y agoHey, balancing the humors is important for health! Don't believe 'mainstream medicine'!
- fb03 8y agoYou forgot the /s mate ;)
- devereaux 8y agoThe difference between pest and pets is often but a /s
- sudhirj 8y agoIf your humours were better balanced you might have a better more balanced sense of humour.
- allenbrunson 8y agoif you have to explain a joke, you've ruined it.
- goldfeld 8y agoYou'd be surprised.
- Dirlewanger 8y agoSo is the legality of acquiring them in Canada a gray area? Seems like the guy is trying to fulfill (albeit crudely via smuggling) a market need.
- gambiting 8y agoHe wasn't charged with smuggling - just with illegal importation(it's not the same, as silly as it seems). He didn't try to hide the leeches from the customs official, but he did declare them as for "personal use" which is nonsense at this quantity. I understand that he would need to apply for a permit to import them first, which he didn't.
- MisterOctober 8y agoI saw an episode of the television show 'Victorian Pharmacy' where they explained the modern and historical medical uses of these creatures, and also demonstrated it live on some poor guy. Apparently the ones used by hospitals are fed nothing for two whole years so that they are REALLY hangry when put to use. The leech vendor had a bucket of them and says he gets seven dollars apiece!
- pvaldes 8y agoLower the risk of rejection in face transplants for example.