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During the Civil War doctors noticed that men lying out in the field in the dirt would sometimes not contract gangrene. Doctors discovered that maggots, fly larvae, living in the soldier's wounds ate the infected flesh and helped their recovery. Maggots are still used in some cases to clean out wounds because they eat only dead and infected flesh and leave healthy flesh alone |
Photo courtesy of University
of New South Wales
Last updated: Aug. 31, 2000