On Oct 14, 12:43*pm, dpb wrote:
Kenneth wrote:

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I guess that was because I had always thought of leeches as
being emblematic of fallacious ideas of years gone by.

And, for some of the uses of yore, they are. *"Bleeding" as was
practiced formerly isn't the usage being made of them currently, at
least w/ the same ideas as then.

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From what I understand...they are used to restart or stimulate
circulation, as in reattaching body parts.