The medicinal leech: past and present
Upshaw, J.; O'Leary, J.P.
American Surgeon 66(3): 313-314
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1348 PMID: 10759207 Document Number: 516727
A brief historical account is given of the medical use of Hirudo medicinalis.
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