Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 6, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba 0 i i 1 Winnipeg free Prossi March 1988 1 lowly Leech returns to Aid surgeons or photo the use of leeches in the practice of Medicine dates Back to before medicinal leeches were used to treat a multitude of the Worms were placed on various areas of the skin where they fed on the blood of a diseases treated with leeching included men Tal whooping various skins disorders and a popular headache remedy was to affix several leeches to each Side of the i suppose that in theory the leeches would draw off the patients bad blood and hence cure the malady from which the patient up until this leeching was very for the pharmacy records of Bartholo mews Hospital in England show that in leeches were used on a total of shortage in there was a shortage of the Little Worms that resulting in some of the beasts being imported to England from As far away As India and a Napoleonic Francois theorized that a sick health Howard person had to be weakened before he could lie to this his patients were denied nutrients while being up to 50 leeches were used at a single treatment thanks to medical greats like its been estimated that More than a billion leeches were imported to France during the 19th Domestic not All the leeches were an 1839 account from France indicates that at were of the Domestic Leech Fishers would walk through the marshes with their arms and legs Bare of the leeches would attach to the Fisher and hed presumably pull them off As Well As collect others from the a Good Fisher could collect 10 to 12 dozen during a period of three to four one Leech Fisher with the Aid of his children harvested leeches during the course of a few with the turn of the for some not too hard to imagine leeching lost favor with the medical science had finally triumphed Over until relatively that Early in this Leech mania had a not to treat head aches and whooping aspirin and vaccination do a better Job for but to treat the effects of trauma and to prevent devastating complications in plastic in a published article de scribed How leeches could be used to treat per Orbital mean a collection of blood around the More commonly called a Black Eye or in another article described the use of leeches in 14 cases where amputated fingers had been Reat the leeches were applied to the wounds twice a Day for five Days Cathy Guisewite the Misawic is Sut i if pm of Lino the time to its Worth it to set the 6est Vou like to up fire no expei45e f j peeled shrimp f Tumil f fresh Blue Wun to flan Coffee 6mns Good Malmbe ill see Vou Here Flag flan Itu sure Voul i the shopping every other week with inv Boyfriend employment Outlook cancer for March Arim March 21april a Busi Ness partners mood could move with caution All you need to consolidate recent financial gains while developing greater har Mony at travel enjoys highly favourable Taurus april 204toy ten Sions could be standing Between you and the finalization of a major business look 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brighter colors will enhance your image and help you impress the Yuppie celebrities born on this Date actor James Auto ratings Janet composer Maurice Tammy Faye naturalist Luther Universal Syndicate and survival of the fingers was achieved in All but one As you can rejoining amputated fingers requires a High degree of technical Why then would a surgeon resort to leeching pos top the answer is relatively using an operating the surgeon is Able to sew together Cut arteries and repairing the tiny especially near the tip of a a More difficult and sometimes impossible with the arteries Roxy Genrich blood can get to the damaged without the return of blood can be a major tissues swell and the pressure can cause them to be sewing Back an earlobe or working on the for to make an Are other examples of microsurgical operations where joining up veins is even More Anaesthetic enter the there appears to be some form of Anaesthetic in its saliva so the patient int even aware that its the saliva also contains an anticoagulant to prevent the blood from its almost As if the Leech was designed to Aid the by removing the blood a swollen the swelling goes veins have time to reestablish themselves and what might have been an unsuccessful operation becomes a successful its important to let the Leech fill at which Point it simply Falls trying to remove it can result in tiny Leech Teeth being left in a patients and once the beggar does fall the anticoagulant continues working for the next few this continues to keep the swelling Are there any Side effects for patients have to get used to having a five pm Long worm hanging off that Means that some people require at least dont seem to be phased by the Little beasts at the Leech three jaws leave an impress Ion on the skin that resembles the three pointed Star Emblem that Mer cedes Benz has made even the Leech bite Marks seem to heal without a infection some doctors have been concerned about the possibility of leeches do have a bacteria in their guts that helps digest their blood in this bacteria could cause a wound but i Only found this complication reported today leeches just dont come out of the local they Are bred in a Laboratory in from there they Are shipped to Leech in Long Island where a 21 hour answering service eagerly awaits Calls from plastic surgeons in need of emergency views expressed tire those to the a practising while Zeitlen incl Cornea rums for future he cannot treat specific by readers should consult their Orin Send your column ideas to lir innit Street Bouchard tells students police work is not police work unlike instructor says up Gilles Bouchard wonders Why so Many students enrolling at the Quebec police Institute think a typical cops Day is a scene from Miami they have very Little notion of what a policeman work is All said a police Veteran who has been director of the Institute since their ideas come directly from television and they think its an exciting and extravagant life of fast cars and where crimes get solved in 30 minute or an Bouchard tells oui be offi cers that real life cops dont Lead such glamorous a lot of their time is going to be spent on important but not very exciting things like find ing help at 4 for someone who is on he some Young people who sign up for the institutes 17week course already see themselves on swat teams or As detectives working on White Collar crime and drug the ones who see their careers in Copsan robbers terms Haven realized that most of their time will be spent on social rather than criminal Bouchard poor Drivers the most of whom attend Junior College for years before taking courses in this Community 100 Kilometres East of Are often weak on handling an they have to learn Basic driving skills before instructors at the Institute can show them How to Speed through crowded streets without killing themselves or anyone they will Tell you Treyve been driving for four Bou Chard what they Are really saying is that Treyve had a licence for four years but Treyve Only driven a total of about 20 Kilometres when they could Bor Row someones poor grasp he added that too Many prospective officers have a poor grasp of their Mother being weak in French costs them credibility when they have to present evidence in it Doest help the Case when the officer cant students must also be aware of Quebec increasingly multicultural said classes Deal with clashes be tween police and minority including incidents such As the death last 11 of Anthony a Black teen Allan cosset was acquit Ted last week of manslaughter charges in the death of the unarmed 19yearold he shot in the Gosset said his gun fired accidentally after who was under gave up an apparent attempt to run the shooting and acquittal sparked protests in Montreal Black we use the news and the bad news in our said Marieclaud director of police technology studies at a Junior College of nine schools that sends students to Nicolet for final training before they become faces going places recurring dreams experienced by Many Date March 7 Frim March 11 time Friday finals fashion shows puce Centre Eaton puce faces going Winnipeg largest ver International Model search will Lake place at Taton place trom March March i 1th at Centre court the search is sponsored by up professional Agency spa of Winnipeg and the merchants of Eaton place Judy Welch Talent non Gowan Talent scout will be judging the Competition the screening will take place at Taton p monday thursday i 30 h 00 wednesday thursday five girls will be selected each Day the finalists will appear in a mini fashion Snow on March 1 i that p m and Hie a mixer will be presented with Jung Smedia t Shiun i models Sandra Napier Judy Welch nun l Wil Eaton Pla in dear Ann Landers the letter from terrified is one i could have had reruns of the same dream that plagued your Cor actually it made no sense for me to be anxious about flunking an i was an excellent but night after night 1 had nightmares where 1 was soaked with struggling with an exam and no answers would it is now 50 years later and i still have that same but at least i know it comes when i am faced with a decision i would just As soon not your column really does Ann Landers link All thank you for dear what a Nice comply linking is what makes us read dear Ann Landers i am 52 and have had a Busy Legal career for 27 your correspondent is not recently at a dinner the subject of dreams came and several of us confessed that we have had that same class room a psychologist who was present said it was common among people who Are fastidious w o m dress ens shoes dress shoes out thet 60 v dress shoes Reg to out they go dress shoes Ghoul i about keeping appointments and Liv ing up to they have a deep seated fear of letting people Down or falling his explanation satisfied me and i Haven had the dream from please Tell Terri fied that he is not i had the same Nightmare All through College and eight years after 1 they robbed me of several nights rest because once 1 was awakened 1 go Back to finally 1 bad a Long talk with myself and you did so Knock it 1 never had the dream after from have had Peri Odic nightmares about exams even though Ive been out of school 15 a Young Engineer who works with four years out of has i have two Ken is Back from his Long vacation and he invites All his clients to visit him at h in h i ill Iii hair is Valisi kit St Pii 9439410 heres the worst i come out of i shopping Centre and cant find my i keep looking and Lix King and i never do find i Wake up in a cold relieved that in was Only a Nightmare 1 have been recalled to the Navy for the korean 1 served in the second world i try to explain to the officer in charge that i should not have been that its All a but no one will listen and i am Back in i have both these dreams every few dear Ann Landers my husbands has been living with us for a year and a he is Iti years old and helps my husband in his landscaping this kid is driving me he int working because it is Winter and he refuses to go to his room smells like dirty he wont do his chores and he makes messes All Over the Ive talked in my husband about the boys personal he says i am Bui Hiwot make him leave Timothy father lives in town but he has never shown any interest in the his Mother lives with her new husband in Southern and in is obvious that she Doest want to Usu Heivad him either 1 it asked if inn could he Trilhus he was forced on and in id ill never be i id of Linin we have been Mattied for Fuji and Waul it have a Bui Nihil i i ins room never by what should i do dear desperate Liel Jingo Iii 1 ii ii i in a Shiue get Louii clean up his act or he i his kid Uil of Nevii Iii 111 his Young Lii Pitk a sulial help i ;