Maggots as medicine

I have heard of using leeches for medicinal purposes to restore circulation, but not maggots. But as the article on MSNBC.com suggests, they are being used in some cases. They apparently are quite useful at eating dead tissue, such as where someone has contracted the flesh eating disease, or maybe even where gangrene has set in.

Yeah, it does sound gruesome, but they are under a bandage on a wound, its not like they have you immerse yourself in a big tub of maggots.

Read it here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7229059/