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Leeches!
URL: http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/data-and-trends/monitoring-data/stream-bugs/leeches.aspx

Description:
Fact sheet on the biology of leeches, which "are commonly found in lakes and ponds and many of [which] provide food for vertebrates such as fish, ducks, turtles and some other birds." Also discusses the history and current use of leeches for medicinal purposes. Includes related links. From the King County (Washington State) Department of Natural Resources.

LII Topics: Alternative Medicine, Animals, Annelids (Worms, etc.), Health, History, Medical Treatments & Devices

Author:
O'Laughlin, Kate

Publisher:
King County Department of Natural Resources

Extra Keywords
hirudin

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Leeches
Medicine -- History
Therapeutics

LII Database Information:
Record 19300 created by Jennifer English on 10/10/2005
Last modification on 05/18/2009
Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 07/21/2006
Published: 10/13/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19300

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