The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I won’t tell you that, because they are. Leeches have a couple of valid uses, but the only one I can recall at the moment is that they secrete a something or other that is used in clotting disorders. Trepanning is performed to relieve brain swelling.

Boru

Oh, look at that. Now I know who to go to with questions on 12th century medicine.

 

-Teresa

This...



...is a trephine, an instrument used in modern trepanning.  Doesn't look terribly medieval, does it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech#Inte...ith_humans

They [leeches] are used to help restore circulation after microsurgery to reattach body parts.[41] Other clinical applications include varicose veins, muscle cramps, thrombophlebitis,[43] and osteoarthritis.[44][45]

Now you know who to go to with questions on 21st century medicine.  You're welcome.

Boru