Title: The emergency management of a medicinal leech bite
Abstract: Leeches have been used as a medicinal remedy for years untold. Recently, there appears to have been a resurgence in the use of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Presented is the case of a patient who called the emergency department for advice concerning the management of a bleeding leech bite. We discuss briefly the pharmacologically active salivary contents of the leech and an approach to the emergency therapy of a medicinal leech bite.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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