In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >> You'd think that the medical profession would be up to date on this
> >> stuff. I'm surprised they don't still use leeches.
> >
> > I'm surprised you haven't heard. Leeches are back:
> >
> > http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...-maggots_x.htm
> >
> > FDA approved. About US$7.50 each.
>
> OK. Let me change that to 'bloodletting' insetad of leeches.

Oops! They still do that one also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting

I had a neighbor around the corner do this for years. She finally died
of whatever she had.

That, of course, is different from routine phlebotomy, which I had done
Thursday. The guy took a few cc's of blood, which was then tested. I
passed all the tests!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA