Comments on: Leeches, mercury and quackery

By: Reading: Leeches « thefightingmongooses4

Reading: Leeches « thefightingmongooses4 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:49:10 +0000

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By: Irene Armstrong

Irene Armstrong — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:37:38 +0000

good article, thank you…..I am German, living in Canada and I just would like to tell you that the German word is : Quecksilber for mercury!! and years ago we bought leeches in Germany and brought them into Canada for ‘treatment’ and the doctors who applied them were ‘out there’ called ‘quacks’!! Whatever, if everybody keeps informed (which is now possible through the net) and listens to their bodies ‘language’, we can empower ourselves to find what helps. The detour back to the healthy highway, is as varied as the GPS info, depending on your ‘starting point;
Thank you so much for all your information, much appreciated.

By: z. karim

z. karim — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:43:37 +0000

Good info

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:02:55 +0000

During the plagues in Europe the physicians who went to treat people with infections, wore cones on their faces. At the tip of the cone were essential oils as it was noted that perfumers never got sick. This way they were able to treat sick people and not catch what they had. (Of course it may or may not have deterred the fleas that carried the diseases). So because they walked around with these cones on their faces they looked like ducks (I would have thought birds) so they were called “Quacks”. And leaches have been used for some some time now in aiding transplanted fingers toes and the like to help the capillaries heal and preventing gangrene.

By: Michael Nicholson

Michael Nicholson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:36:40 +0000

Dear Doctor Keith,
I kind of like you, think you’re doing a good job.
As to the mercury thing – check out the fact that in Tibetan medicine, many so called ‘toxic’ materials are used including mercury. But these substances go through a rigourous detoxification, which I don’t think is accepted by modern science; pity.