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Blood letting is back!
by laweijfmvo 3y ago
Blood letting is back!
- mdrew 3y agolol totally
- Anon_Forever 3y agoThis made me audibly giggle. What's old is new again baby!
- david_shi 3y agoAlso great for reducing your blood iron levels if they're too high
- supportengineer 3y agoI can see the next YC pitch now for leeches by mail as a service.
- culi 3y agoThe closest modern medical operating room to you likely has live leeches on hand too. Looks like the tech never left > "Despite all the technical advances in modern medicine, in certain post-surgical situations, we do still rely on one of nature’s most primitive organisms – the leech – to assist us in achieving a good outcome,” says Rod Rezaee, MD, UH otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon. https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2020/03/how-leeches-can-save-lives-and-limbs-for-some-patients https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2020/03/how-leeche...