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In response to "Re: the maggot picture - if you click through to the source, the maggots are there, on purpose, to eat gangrenous flesh. -- nm" by Andie

at that point, what the hell's gonna be left? just cut it off -- nm

Posted by the 40 year old virgin (aka chris) Apr 5 '10, 19:17

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because the maggots only eat the dead flesh from the wound, allowing bloodflow to the healthy flesh, letting it heal. -- nm - znufrii Apr 5, 19:20 7
- You aren't stopping the spread of the infection which caused the death of the tissue in the first place. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 19:22 6
  - (I really enjoy your med school posts. I'm being serious. I like having a doctor in the house.) -- nm - miss amanda jones Apr 5, 19:33 5
    - hehe. Thanks :) But give it like 8 years before I truly know stuff. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 19:35 4
      - but you tell us all this random crap all the time that makes me think from a different perspective. so even your learning process is fascinating to me - miss amanda jones Apr 5, 19:43 1
        
        hehe. I understand what you mean. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 19:45
      - Are you in med school or doing your residency? - Krusty Apr 5, 19:37 1
        
        1st year of med school. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 19:40
original source linked (and, apparently there's some 'reenactment video', i haven't seen that. -- (link) - Andie Apr 5, 19:20
Pretty much. Not sure why they are using maggots. They just do an amputation and be done with it. It will also stop the spread of the infection. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 19:19 9
- You know who else wouldn't stop talking about flesh eating maggots? That's right, the Nazis. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 5, 19:21 4
  - I'm going to faint. seriously. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 19:22
  - i told them not to click on the link!! -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 19:21 2
    - I didn't. I am pretty sure I will see the live version of that soon enough. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 19:23
    - enabler. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 19:22
- They need to get a voodoo priest to pull out the poison with a raw egg. Duh! -- nm - Redmond Apr 5, 19:21 3
  - I need one of those. the voodoo priest. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 19:21 2
    - *Throws up hands* lost cause here, keep your money. -- nm - Voodoo Priest Apr 5, 19:23 1
      - you're just scared. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 19:38

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