Myths & mysteries
Maggots were intentionally packed into open wounds
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Looking at a festering cut and deciding it needs a handful of flesh-eating larvae requires a special kind of bravery. Surgeons noticed that certain maggots only ate necrotic tissue, so they casually dumped them into battle wounds to stave off gangrene, making the healing process aesthetically terrifying.
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