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Beyond Bloodletting: Fda Gives Leeches A Medical Makeover, Carol Rados
Beyond Bloodletting: Fda Gives Leeches A Medical Makeover, Carol Rados
Harold W. Manter Laboratory: Library Materials
In June 2004, the Food and Drug Administration cleared the first application for leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) to be used in modern medicine as medical devices. By definition, a medical device is an article intended to diagnose, cure, treat, prevent, or mitigate a disease or condition, or to affect a function or structure of the body, that does not achieve its primary effect through a chemical action and is not metabolized.