July 1, 2009: Baby Flies

xoxoxoBruce · 07-01-2009, 12:10 AM

Baby flies, better know as maggots...

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As it turns out, maggotkind’s shitty reputation isn’t entirely deserved. They’re basically nature’s answer to antibacterial soap. Maggots eat dead flesh, and doctors long ago realized that the maggot’s tendency to wolf down dead skin can help people with infected wounds from succumbing to gangrene, at the low cost of stomach turning revulsion.

With the advent of modern antibiotics, Maggot Therapy declined in use but doctors never took it off the table entirely and, thanks to an increase of ultra-badass anti-biotic resistant bacteria, it’s been making a notable comeback.

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That’s right, our mortal medicines cannot harm these highly advanced mutant bacteria, but they’re not shit when put up against the heroic maggot. While bacteria can evolve to become capable of fighting off medicines, they haven’t quite figured out how to jump their last evolutionary hurdle and become uneatable.

While drug laws haven’t relaxed quite enough to let you buy cartons of medical maggots for home use, any doctor in America can prescribe them as treatment. And if you want to get them under the table you can always just leave some sausage out in the sun for a few days and cultivate your own.

I remember reading a book in high school, written by an American about his experience as a POW during the Korean War. They would take their bandages off long enough for a couple of flies to land on the wound and lay eggs, then rebandage them and wait.

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Leah · 07-01-2009, 12:53 AM

Now that's just SICK.

Thats how I feel about that story. YUCK.

nil_orally · 07-01-2009, 01:44 AM

Soooo....they shouldn't be eaten raw then?

SPUCK · 07-01-2009, 05:19 AM

Nope! Stir fried with a little garlic in extra virgin olive oil.

Frenger · 07-01-2009, 05:28 AM

ugh i can't imagine getting in a tub of those

i'll stick to regular antibiotics...

Trilby · 07-01-2009, 06:53 AM

Leeches, too! Don't forget Medical leeches!

ZenGum · 07-01-2009, 07:07 AM

It's us or them. This man is showing us the way.

bigw00dy · 07-01-2009, 07:51 AM

This guy coulda sat in my trashcan. I took my can to the road this morning and it was crawling with maggots. I didn't realize until after I let the handle go. Gross

ajaccio · 07-01-2009, 08:44 AM

Hey recycling - it's "green" medicine!

Sheldonrs · 07-01-2009, 08:49 AM

Fly baby:

sweetwater · 07-01-2009, 08:53 AM

While I applaud any who would use a low-cost, low-tech, efficient return to physical health, I'm afraid my mental health would go out the window were I ever to try it. I would have to be extremely high or knocked all the way out - either way, if ever I learned that maggots had been gnawing my flesh I would jump in front of the first fast freight train down the tracks.

Shawnee123 · 07-01-2009, 09:47 AM

I'd be right behind you, sweet.

birdclaw · 07-01-2009, 09:50 AM

Looks like the guy at the fence had a little too much maggot therapy. Poor kids nothing but bones!

Clodfobble · 07-01-2009, 12:58 PM

But really, these are no different than the little Japanese spa fish that nibble away dead skin. Just pretend they're cute little fishies gnawing at your flesh, rather than squirmy things.

sullage · 07-01-2009, 03:04 PM

as i understand it there's a strong tickling sensation. they don't eat the healthy bits, so its not painful, but you can really feel them moving around a lot. like a rotten meat party inside you.

07-01-2009, 01:44 AM	#3
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07-01-2009, 06:53 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Leeches, too! Don't forget Medical leeches! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's us or them. This man is showing us the way. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-01-2009, 07:51 AM	#8
bigw00dy I'm here once in a while Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 458	This guy coulda sat in my trashcan. I took my can to the road this morning and it was crawling with maggots. I didn't realize until after I let the handle go. Gross __________________ flickr®

07-01-2009, 08:44 AM	#9
ajaccio Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 76	Green? Hey recycling - it's "green" medicine!

07-01-2009, 12:53 AM	#2
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Now that's just SICK. Thats how I feel about that story. YUCK.

07-01-2009, 05:19 AM	#4
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Nope! Stir fried with a little garlic in extra virgin olive oil.

07-01-2009, 05:28 AM	#5
Frenger skub Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Paris, France Posts: 18	ugh i can't imagine getting in a tub of those i'll stick to regular antibiotics...

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Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Fly baby: Attached Images __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

07-01-2009, 08:53 AM	#11
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	While I applaud any who would use a low-cost, low-tech, efficient return to physical health, I'm afraid my mental health would go out the window were I ever to try it. I would have to be extremely high or knocked all the way out - either way, if ever I learned that maggots had been gnawing my flesh I would jump in front of the first fast freight train down the tracks. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

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Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'd be right behind you, sweet. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-01-2009, 09:50 AM	#13
birdclaw putting the "g" in flight Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 145	Looks like the guy at the fence had a little too much maggot therapy. Poor kids nothing but bones! __________________ “The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman.”

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	But really, these are no different than the little Japanese spa fish that nibble away dead skin. Just pretend they're cute little fishies gnawing at your flesh, rather than squirmy things. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-01-2009, 03:04 PM	#15
sullage Master Locutor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 155	as i understand it there's a strong tickling sensation. they don't eat the healthy bits, so its not painful, but you can really feel them moving around a lot. like a rotten meat party inside you.

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