mes at zoo.toronto.edu (Mark Siddall) writes:
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>You will find, however, thaat leeches are not getting as bad a rap as
>all that. In the last five to ten years in particular the little suckers
>have made a bit of a comeback. They have become quite popular in
>microsurgical applications and in terms of the isolation of their
>salivary anticoagulants. In 1987 (I think or maybe '88) the populist
>science mag "Discover" ran a feature article on all of this.
Not to mention the leeches role in one of this century's two greatest
accomplishments, namely blood letting. ;-)
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James Riechel
jriechel at cc.gatech.edu
