Maggots in medicine
Discovery
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The History of Medicine
The ancient therapy of maggots became available on the NHS in 2004 and worldwide approval in the early 2000s. The reason why it's coming back is because antibiotics are starting to fail. Alexander Fleming found this mold that was producing a juice that was killing bacteria, which later became mass produced as penicillin. So who would want to put maggots in a wound when you could pop a little pill?
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