Pity the poor leech. For more than a century, it has been a poster child for the once-decrepit state of medicine. Nothing illustrates the relative backwardness of pre-20 th century health care ...

They seem to have been a bit of a luxury treatment, too expensive for the poor. The use of leeches to treat all sorts of ailments goes back to at least 1500BC, appearing in Egyptian tomb decorations.

People too poor to buy their own could rent leeches by the day. The tradition faded, but never died. As recently as the mid-1950s, two companies imported leeches to New York City, ...

People too poor to buy their own could rent leeches by the day. The tradition faded, but never died. As recently as the mid-1950s, two companies imported leeches to New York City, ...

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Via Politico, oh snap:. President Barack Obama criticized Fox News on Tuesday, accusing the network of portraying poor people as “leeches.” In a discussion at Georgetown University, Obama said ...

President Barack Obama criticized Fox News on Tuesday, accusing the network of portraying poor people as "leeches." In a discussion at Georgetown University, Obama said the media made an effort to ...

Alex Bogatyriova not only loves her leeches, ... and by the end of the week my clothes felt loose. I thought it was [due to] poor washing, but I checked my weight and had lost [13 pounds].” ...

People too poor to buy their own could rent leeches by the day. The tradition faded, but never died. As recently as the mid-1950s, two companies imported leeches to New York City, ...

They seem to have been a bit of a luxury treatment, too expensive for the poor. The use of leeches to treat all sorts of ailments goes back to at least 1500BC, appearing in Egyptian tomb decorations.