Maggots, those white, squirmy, wormy things, are the larval form of the Diptera species. In other words, they are baby flies. It turns out they really thrive in chronic, poorly healing wounds — ...

Leeches are particularly useful in two kinds of surgery -- reattaching fingers, and attaching flaps of skin in reconstructive surgery -- as the leeches help re-establish blood flow. Maggots can be ...

The use of medicinal maggots, sometimes called maggot debridement therapy, was first widely reported during the time of Napoleon. His general surgeon reportedly used maggots as a technique of cleaning ...

A woman has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty after an untreated abscess on her cat's tail became heavily infested with maggots. An RSPCA inspector visited the Dulwich Hill home of Ngaro ...