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Hirudo8
Transfer your leeches2
  • Upon arrival you must immediately transfer your leeches out and put them into a jar of cold water. (medicalleeches.com)
  • Immediately transfer your leeches out of the container with special gel and into a jar of cold water! (leech.com)
Terrestrial leeches2
  • The terrestrial leeches were screened for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum , Anaplasma bovis , Ehrlichia chaffeensis , Ehrlichia canis , Borrelia burgdorferi , Bartonella spp. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 173 terrestrial leeches were collected at Mt. Dock-Sil (altitude 639 m, 34°04'N, 125°07' E) in Gageo-do (Island), Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Province), ROK (Fig. 1 ) during July 2011. (biomedcentral.com)
Species7
  • Most species of leeches are not in danger of extinction," BioKIDS, a science education program co-sponsored by the University of Michigan said (via CNN ). (comicbook.com)
  • The species was found throughout Europe and western Asia but has been so heavily collected for medical use and research that it is extinct in many parts of its range. (comicbook.com)
  • There are approximately 600 leech species which have been identified to date but only about 15 are used in medicine. (neuronwork.com)
  • There are over 680 different species or types of leeches. (a-z-animals.com)
  • The largest leech species is the giant Amazon leech ( Haementeria ghilianii ), which can grow 18 inches long and 4 inches wide. (a-z-animals.com)
  • Leech species can keep for 1 year without feeding. (leech.com)
  • Although the present study does not provide evidence that leeches indeed transmit Bartonella species to hosts directly, to our knowledge this is the first report on Bartonella DNA being detected from leeches. (biomedcentral.com)
North America3
  • Piscicola geometra - These leeches can be found in freshwaters of North America and northwestern areas of Europe, in both stagnate and fast-moving water. (a-z-animals.com)
  • 1] Moore, K.L., A Scientist's Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur'an , Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America, Vol. 18, No. 1-2, 1986, p. 16. (islamcompass.com)
  • From the late-18th century through the 19th century a craze for leeching gripped Europe and North America and led to the collection, trade, and use of millions of leeches each year. (sciencehistory.org)
Bloodletting5
  • Bloodletting using leeches was a well-established medical practice in medieval Europe, but it required hiring a professional "leach-collector. (grunge.com)
  • By the early 20th century, leeches had lost their grip on medical practice as doctors realized that bloodletting usually did more harm than good. (theherbsplace.com)
  • The use of mercury, arsenic, bloodletting, and leeches was common medical practice, and such treatment usually caused considerably more harm than good. (hpathy.com)
  • Thousands of years ago physicians began exploiting the vampiric nature of these delicate relatives of the earthworm, transforming them into an important medical device that became part of a long-standing tradition of bloodletting. (sciencehistory.org)
  • If all diseases come from the same source, he reasoned, all treatments could be modeled on the same therapy: bloodletting, preferably with leeches. (sciencehistory.org)
Practice2
  • Leech therapy is an accepted medical practice. (a-z-animals.com)
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is asking Utah Medical Products, to stop manufacturing and distributing medical devices until the firm has demonstrated that it has corrected deviations from Current Good Manufacturing Practice, as set forth in the Quality System regulation. (news-medical.net)
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey4
  • DSN: CC37.NAMCS85.DRUG ABSTRACT This report provides documentation for users of the 1985 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) Micro-Data Tapes for Drug Mentions. (cdc.gov)
  • SEE NAMCS PATIENT DATASET NAMES FOR DSN ABSTRACT General Information This material provides documentation for users of the Micro-Data tapes of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. (cdc.gov)
  • 2Introduction This Micro-Data Tape comprises the data collected by the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) in 1989, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). (cdc.gov)
  • The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey provides data from samples of patient records selected from a national sample of office-based physicians. (cdc.gov)
Morphology1
  • 2012). An excellent genome-broad organization study makes reference to five loci impacting face morphology within the Europeans. (maleonn.com)
Therapy8
  • What is Leech therapy? (medicalleeches.com)
  • Leech therapy, also known as hirudotherapy, is a form of alternative medicine that involves the use of medicinal leeches for the treatment of various health conditions. (medicalleeches.com)
  • Leech therapy has been used in European countries since 18th and 19th centuries. (neuronwork.com)
  • The possibility that leeches can be vectors of pathogens has been studied in the more recent past, especially with the advent of leech therapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Emerging nanomedicine technologies could dramatically transform medical science as we know it today with their potential to address unmet medical needs and provide targeted therapy. (news-medical.net)
  • Conclusions: Our study shows that emergency medical staffs have significant gaps in their knowledge on appropriate oxygen therapy. (acamedicine.org)
  • Since deficiencies in emergency medicine staffs knowledge on treatment with oxygen deficits influence patient's outcome, we recommend that emergency medicine staff should be trained regarding oxygen therapy and medical schools should pay much more attention to this issue in their curricula. (acamedicine.org)
  • In neonates or infants with unobstructed TAPVC, medical therapy is directed at compensating right ventricular failure, hypoxia, and congestive heart failure. (medscape.com)
Hirudinea2
  • Euhirudinea, the true leeches, are an infraclass of the Hirudinea. (wikipedia.org)
  • The leech (Hirudinea) is a predator and blood-sucking parasite that is native to almost every continent. (a-z-animals.com)
Groundwater2
  • The devices have to comply with some restrictions on certain metals that can become toxic and leach into groundwater, or become hazardous ash when incinerate. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • PBDEs in consumer items put in landfills may leach through the soil into groundwater. (cdc.gov)
Greeks2
Hazardous1
  • Leeches can transmit pathogens and are therefore potentially hazardous to human and animal health. (biomedcentral.com)
19th century4
  • Traditionally performed in 19th century Europe, a sin-eater was an outcast, poor and shunned by everyone for their profession, who was only sought out once a person had died. (brainz.org)
  • Well into the 19th century European physicians relied on these texts for guidance in balancing the body's four humors. (sciencehistory.org)
  • Yet by the early 19th century Buchan's health-care bible was eagerly pushing leeches for all sorts of problems. (sciencehistory.org)
  • Why did the use of medicinal leeches surge in popularity in the early 19th century after thousands of years of playing only a modest role? (sciencehistory.org)
Directive6
  • The new European Union RoHS Recast Directive that comes into force on July 22 applies to all medical devices. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • To know if your medical product falls within the scope of the CE marking legislation you must ensure if the product is classified as a medical device as defined in Directive 93/42/EEC. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • The market for disposable surgical drapes and gowns in Europe has seen steady growth in the recent past owing to the high standards of infection control enforced by the new European Union Medical Device Directive (MDD) and EU regulations. (news-medical.net)
  • The absence of technical standards in the Medical Device Directive has forced medical imaging companies to conform to additional, country specific standards. (news-medical.net)
  • Micronic labware products are developed and manufactured in compliance with the European Directive 98/79/EC for In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices, Annex III. (micronic.com)
  • In 2003, the European Union (EU) passed a Directive to ban the marketing and use of penta- and octaBDE that took effect in 2004. (cdc.gov)
Acute2
  • In the context of acute medicine, our range of services includes all medical emergency measures for acute illnesses and accidents. (sanlas.at)
  • Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) recommend that each acute-care hospital identify health-care workers who can be vaccinated and trained to provide direct medical care for the first smallpox patients requiring hospital admission and to evaluate and manage patients who are suspected as having smallpox. (cdc.gov)
Prey1
  • Keep your fed leeches apart from the hungry ones, as they will prey on each other. (leech.com)
Potentially1
  • The parliament approved 141 amendments, including clarifications on the use of software in medical products, and stricter labeling requirements for devices that potentially leach phthalates into the patient's body. (24x7mag.com)
Bite2
Nutrients1
Arabic1
  • 2] Mary J. Seller, Some Fallacies in Embryology Through the Ages , in The Human Embryo: Aristotle and the Arabic and European traditions by G.R. Dunstan, 1990, University of Exeter Press. (islamcompass.com)
Physicians6
  • For centuries, physicians turned to leeches to counter ailments ranging from heart disease to headaches. (theherbsplace.com)
  • But new scientific findings hint that physicians may once again find value in the lowly leech. (theherbsplace.com)
  • Too many wives of conventional physicians are going to homeopathic physicians," complained one doctor at the 1883 meeting of the American Medical Association. (hpathy.com)
  • The questionnaire was administered to a total of 100 (20 nurses, 30 resident physicians and 50 intern doctors (last-year medical students) staff from two university teaching hospital in Ankara, Turkey. (acamedicine.org)
  • This study in Egypt aimed to reveal problems and perceived needs for medical ethics education of resident physicians working at University of Alexandria hospitals. (who.int)
  • Only visits in the offices of nonfederally employed physicians classified by the American Medical Association (AMA) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) as 'office-based, patient care' were included in the 1985 NAMCS. (cdc.gov)
Possibility3
  • Therefore, further studies are needed to explore the possibility of zoonotic pathogen transmission by land leeches. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Private Hospital Leech is not only an elective surgical document hospital, but also provides around the clock possibility for undergoing conservative treatments and surgical interventions (conservative treatment refers to the treatment of diseases / symptoms without surgery). (sanlas.at)
  • Thus, in the Private Hospital Leech there's also a possibility to undergo an urgent interventions such as painful kidney stones or sports injuries with short waiting time, that can be organized and carried out. (sanlas.at)
Diseases2
  • However, only a few studies of diseases transmitted by land leeches have been reported. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Physician Benjamin Rush, who is considered the father of American psychiatry, wrote in his book, Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind , that hypochondriasis-a form of melancholia or modern-day depression -needed to be treated by "direct and drastic interferences" that involved "assaulting the patient's mind and body" in an attempt to reset their constitution. (amenclinics.com)
World's1
  • ATS Automation Tooling Systems has announced it has recently received a total of US $10.7 million (CDN $14.2 million) in orders from one of the world's largest manufacturers of self-use medical diagnostic systems. (news-medical.net)
Centuries1
  • Leeches have been used to treat patients for centuries. (neuronwork.com)
Tightly1
  • The action of swaddling actually originates in a tradition from Medieval Europe where guardians wrapped a baby tightly in linen with the hope that it would help the baby's limbs to grow straight. (factinate.com)
Surgical1
  • Obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) presents immediately after birth with severe cyanosis and poor systemic perfusion and constitutes a medical and surgical emergency. (medscape.com)
Absence1
  • In the absence of forceps, be sure to handle your leeches quickly, so they don't start sucking blood from your fingers. (leech.com)
Abstract1
  • Highest ranked abstract, 5th European Breast Cancer conference, Nice, France, 2006Nominated for RCPath's Gold and Specialty Medial Awards 2009. (nottingham.ac.uk)
Jars1
  • Be sure to purchase separate jars, to separate your fed and hungry leeches properly. (leech.com)
Chemicals2
  • PVC, a commonly used material for piping and flexible tubing, has been known to leach concerning chemicals, and several countries in Europe are moving to ban its use wherever possible. (vanguardproducts.com)
  • The new European chemicals policy: REACH. (cdc.gov)
Doctors4
Products3
  • CE Medical has expertise in all procedures required to arrive at a successful CE marking certification and offers full assistance to gain the CE Mark of your Medical Device products. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • The new additive masterbatch concentrate is part of MEVOPUR, the brand of 'Controlled, Consistent and Compliant' products for plastics applications in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. (clariant.com)
  • Despite their advantages, these plastic assemblies elicit concerns about chemical compounds that may leach or migrate into finished products and impact product quality or safety. (clariant.com)
Refers1
  • The idiomatic phrase "born in a shirt or bonnet" is present in several European languages and refers to the luck signified by a birth caul. (factinate.com)
Sequences1
  • Sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were generated for a total of 35 of the 173 leech internal organ samples. (biomedcentral.com)
Earthworm1
Appearance2
  • Note the leech-like appearance of the human embryos at this stage. (islamcompass.com)
  • It is even more remarkable if we consider that not only is the embryo extremely small (about 3.5mm), but that this "leech-like" appearance lasts only for a very short period of time, perhaps four to five days or so. (islamcompass.com)
Middle Ages3
  • During the Middle Ages, medicine in Europe was rather primitive. (easyscienceforkids.com)
  • Use of the animals reached Europe in the Middle Ages through translation of medical texts from the ancient Greek and early Islamic worlds. (sciencehistory.org)
  • By the Middle Ages, supernatural explanations of mental illnesses resurfaced in Europe in an attempt to explain natural disasters, such as plagues and famines. (amenclinics.com)
Surgeon3
  • During the heady day of European naval battles, British aquatic domination, and general Master & Commander bullshit, the ship's surgeon received a lot of respect for not being one of the lower-class, below deck rabble who made up most of the shipmen, instead being a person of education and breeding. (brainz.org)
  • A man having his foot treated with leeches by a country surgeon, the eponymous subject of Thomas Major's engraving Le Chirurgien de Campagne (1747). (sciencehistory.org)
  • In contrast, many of Broussais's followers came to see the leech as offering a kinder, gentler approach, inducing a "state of relaxation of the nervous energy of the body," according to British surgeon Rees Price, author of A Treatise on the Utility of Sangui-Suction or Leech Bleeding (1822). (sciencehistory.org)
Involves1
  • The answer involves medical theory, marketplace transitions, aquaculture, and the emergence of an international trade in pharmaceuticals. (sciencehistory.org)
Smallpox1
  • If you've read about North American and European smallpox, you know how this goes. (listverse.com)
Medieval1
  • In medieval and early modern Europe, being born with a caul meant a great life ahead and the protection of fertility against evil spirits. (factinate.com)
Blood6
  • Hirudin is a naturally occurring peptide in the salivary glands of bloodsucking leeches that prevents blood clotting. (a-z-animals.com)
  • The leech uses its suction cups to attach itself to the skin of an animal and suck its blood. (a-z-animals.com)
  • Feeding on blood, of course…… Good job Dr. Tim keeps some in the Medical Museum he helps to run. (tadshistory.com)
  • The 15th century prince who inspired the literary vampire Dracula may have had medical issues that caused him to cry tears of blood, according to researchers unearthing this ancient mystery. (durenrx.com)
  • Because the blood remaining in the leeches can be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), this method has recently been used to monitor the biodiversity of terrestrial mammals that are blood meal to these worms. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It was difficult to gauge how much blood was being taken, and blood often continued to flow after the leech was removed. (sciencehistory.org)
Therapies2
  • The concept of TCIM that we are using is wide and inclusive, and encompasses all traditional medicines/healthcare systems, and other recognized medical systems, as well as health practices and therapies that are generally understood within TCI Medicine. (bvsalud.org)
  • Themes that were common or were present in several of the different medical systems and therapies were identified. (bvsalud.org)
Removal1
  • Regular tweezers may harm the body of the leech, so they are not recommended for use - its best to purchase the recommended leech forceps used for easy removal and handling of the leech. (leech.com)
Commonly2
  • The banned materials include lead, cadmium, mercury and polybrominated flame retardants, which are commonly found in the electrical components of medical equipment. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is most commonly diagnosed as a result of an incidental finding of murmur or abnormal chest radiographs during routine medical examination. (medscape.com)
1800s2
  • From the 1600s to the early 1800s, medical care progressed slowly. (easyscienceforkids.com)
  • While the act of listening to patients provided its own therapeutic benefit, the fact is homeopathy became very popular in the U.S. and Europe in the mid- and late 1800s due to its particularly beneficial results in treating the infectious disease epidemics of that day (cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, scarlet fever, and more). (hpathy.com)
People5
  • The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, killing an estimated one-third of the population - about 25 million people (via Britannica ). (grunge.com)
  • An estimated 454,383 people suffered injuries from medical devices - ranging from wheelchair accidents to careless toothbrushing - in one 12-month period from 1999-2000, say researchers from two federal regulatory agencies. (news-medical.net)
  • The relationship between people and the medicinal leech, however, has a much deeper history. (sciencehistory.org)
  • however, these individuals may be at higher risk of developing mildly increased iron stores than are people of European background. (medlineplus.gov)
  • African iron overload was first noted in rural central and southern African populations among people who drink a traditional beer brewed in uncoated steel drums that allow iron (a component of steel) to leach into the beer. (medlineplus.gov)
Medicine5
  • Materials and methodology The European Respiratory Society task force panel included expert clinicians and methodologists in pulmonology and intensive care medicine. (ersjournals.com)
  • Both have now been donated to the Medical History Collections at the Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Würzburg. (enhe.eu)
  • Founded in 1998, the Schwarzl Klinik in the Styrian Laßnitzhöhe is now one of the most recognized institutions in Europe in the field of plastic-aesthetic surgery (cosmetic surgery) and lifestyle medicine. (sanlas.at)
  • The medicinal leech has a long history of use in medicine, although today its use is mainly limited to limb reattachment procedures instead of the wide-ranging medical use of the past. (news-medical.net)
  • Yet bleeding with leeches was "troublesome and uncertain," according to William Buchan's widely read domestic-medicine manual. (sciencehistory.org)
Practices1
  • It becomes apparent that the boundaries between the treatment practices of non-medical healers such as midwives, nurses and barber-surgeons cannot be sharply drawn. (enhe.eu)
Device7
  • The European Parliament adopted more than 100 amendments to medical device directives that should pave the way for improved device regulation in the European Union. (24x7mag.com)
  • Anything you declare in the EU as a medical device must be compliant by July 22nd. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • In order to determine whether your standalone software is considered to be a medical device it must first be determined what type of operating software is to be used. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • Medical device manufacturers who want to bring their devices onto the Union market, must understand three essential elements when complying to the MDD. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • Is my product a medical device (MD)? (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • Delphi Medical Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Delphi Corporation, recently signed a licensing agreement with Switzerland-based medical device company Debiotech, S.A. (news-medical.net)
  • This data, along with a ISO13485-based manufacturing/quality process, full change-control procedures, and documentation such as Drug Master File, help support the risk-management process of medical device producers. (clariant.com)
Early1
Education2
  • Plus, You will Receive Leech Education, Information & Videos! (leech.com)
  • Trainees, regardless of clinical discipline, felt that there was a great need for improvement to their medical ethics education. (who.int)
Found3
  • Leeches that hunt in the morning are found in larger sizes than those who hunt in the afternoon. (wikipedia.org)
  • Terrestrial Euhirudinea leeches, which inhabit tropical or subtropical environments have been found a greater number on-trails compared to off-trail numbers. (wikipedia.org)
  • We're talking about slimy creatures, specifically, leeches found across six air cargo shipments in the month of February from Bulgaria destined for addresses in Connecticut, Florida, and Illinois. (comicbook.com)
Devices3
  • CE Medical, in partnership with Certification Experts BV, is a technical and legal certification company specialized in the CE Marking of Medical Devices. (ce-mark-medical.com)
  • The non-profit, independent evaluator of medical devices notes that while some synthetic alternatives may cost less, latex gloves are still the most cost-effective choice when a glove offering a good level of protection is required. (news-medical.net)
  • Surgeries performed with specialized medical devices requiring only small incisions, called laparoscopic surgery, have many advantages over traditional open surgery, including less pain, fewer complications and quicker recoveries. (news-medical.net)
Note1
  • It's important to note that it's not the use of the leeches that is the reason for the seizure, but their protected status. (comicbook.com)
Regular1
  • More than 50 years later W. C. B. submitted a letter to the popular British serial Notes and Queries about his childhood memories of being "leeched" on a regular basis. (sciencehistory.org)
Cosmetic1
Plastic3
  • Medical leeches are used in plastic surgery, for improving brain circulation and for curing infertility. (neuronwork.com)
  • Keep your leeches in a large glass (or plastic) jar with a tight lid. (leech.com)
  • The problem: Trace amounts of chemical substances gradually leach out of the plastic into the food and might eventually get into the body. (mambaby.com)
Infection1
  • Besides medical leeches, there are reports that Ozobranchus (turtle leech) may be a mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus [ 5 ] and that Rickettsia infection was detected in Torix tagoi , Torix tukubana and Hemiclepsis marginata [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Science1
  • The latest in the series of EARA science communications events, supported by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, on 6 November. (eara.eu)
French3
  • Illustration from French humorist Pierre Boaistuau's collection of oddities, Histoires prodigieuses , which includes the story of a rotund king who tried to extract his fat with leeches. (sciencehistory.org)
  • At least some of the popularity of leeching during this period can be traced to the theories of François-Joseph-Victor Broussais, a French physician who believed health and disease exist on opposite ends of a continuum. (sciencehistory.org)
  • Portrait (ca. 1817) of French doctor and leeching proselytizer François-Joseph-Victor Broussais, by lithographer Nicolas-Eustache Maurin. (sciencehistory.org)
Theories2
  • Likewise, we consulted documents, research, books and various tools, both specific to the MTCI area, and from other areas of knowledge such as sociology, medical anthropology, public health and also from the theories of systems of organization of information. (bvsalud.org)
  • It also included documents, research, books, and several tools, both specific of the TCIM area and from other areas of knowledge, such as sociology, medical anthropology, public health, as well as theories from information organization systems. (bvsalud.org)
Homeopathy2
  • The women of that day, therefore, sought safer medical treatment, and they turned to homeopathy in significant numbers. (hpathy.com)
  • Not only was homeopathy identified in the public mind with medical reform, it was also closely associated with women's rights, emancipation of slaves, and Republican politics (at a time when Republicans were "liberal" and when Lincoln and other social reformers and abolitionists were Republicans). (hpathy.com)
Systems1
  • He recommended that doctor's "plumb" patients' systems by bleeding (leeches), blistering, and cupping (similar to the current cupping trend that reached national attention when swimmer Michael Phelps was spotted at the 2016 Olympics with the telltale purple blotches on his back that arise from the treatment). (amenclinics.com)