Identifying flies used for maggot debridement therapy
To the Editor: The use of maggots to clean necrotic wounds, known as maggot debridement therapy (MDT), has long been known to the scientific world. Its use has been recorded since the 1500s when soldiers’ wounds were often infested with maggots. Napoleon’s surgeon, Baron Dominic Larrey, reported tha...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011133 |