At 09:46 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
>>"So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to
>>save your life." :-)
>Really, though, how is that any more "Ew, gross!" than doctors
>using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a
>reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue?
Way to suck the humor out of this, Ronn. No pun intended. :)
But seriously, it's really not any worse than those things, but it's certainly not appealing.
Sorry to suck the humor dry (milking it for all it's worth), but my serious point was that those disgusting things have become accepted medical treatment, and are sometimes the only way available to doctors to save a limb or a life, so I don't see where an injection of bat saliva is really any different . . .
(Not to mention that a lot of medical procedures which don't involve in any way application of living creatures or their body fluids are still pretty gross to contemplate . . . )
You're Going To Stick WHAT In WHERE?!! Maru
--Ronn! :)
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