Fluelarver har i århundreder været brugt med succes til vanskelige sår. Behandlingsmetoden har med den stadig stigende antibiotikaresistens fået en renæssance og er ofte sidste udvej, hvis amputation skal undgås. Denne bog giver et overblik over de egnede fluearter, deres biolog…
Contains extensive, reader-friendly information on maggot therapy. Includes an overview of the pertinent fly species, a history of maggot therapy, and information on their mode of action and application. In addition to detailed descriptions of the clinical problems of which magg…
Teeming with weird and wonderful life--giant clams and mussels, tubeworms, "eyeless" shrimp, and bacteria that survive on sulfur--deep-sea hot-water springs are found along rifts where sea-floor spreading occurs. The theory of plate tectonics predicted the existence of these hyd…