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MAGGOT THERAPY IN DERMATOLOGIC PRACTICE: REPORT OF A CASE OF CHRONIC ULCERATING GRANULOMA OF UNDETERMINED ETIOLOGY IN WHICH MAGGOT THERAPY WAS USED

MAGGOT THERAPY IN DERMATOLOGIC PRACTICE: REPORT OF A CASE OF CHRONIC ULCERATING GRANULOMA OF... Abstract At last it would appear that one of God's lowliest creatures, the fly, has found his niche of usefulness in the scheme of things. The beneficial effects of maggots in the treatment of infected wounds have been observed on a number of occasions over a period of several hundred years, but it remained for William S. Baer, clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical School, to make the first deliberate therapeutic application of this principle. The first report1 dealing with the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis by the use of maggots was published in 1929, and the results were so gratifying that this method of treatment has now become an accepted procedure and numerous reports have appeared in medical literature amply confirming the results which Baer had obtained. Practically all of the reports on maggot therapy up to the present time have appeared in surgical or orthopedic journals. References 1. Baer, W. S.: A Viable Antiseptic in Chronic Osteomyelitis , Proc. Interstate Post-Grad. M. Assemb. North America 5:370, 1929. 2. Livingston, S. K.: Maggots in the Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis, Infected Wounds and Compound Fractures , Surg., Gynec. & Obst. 54:702 ( (April) ) 1932. 3. Weil, Grover C.; Simon, Richard J., and Sweadner, Walter R.: Larval or Maggot Therapy in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pyogenic Infections , Am. J. Surg. 19:36 ( (Jan.) ) 1933. 4. Baer, W. S.: Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis with the Maggot Larva of the Blow-Fly , J. Bone & Joint Surg. 13:438 ( (July) ) 1931. 5. The Lederle Laboratories supplied the maggots used by us. 6. Duemling, W. W., and Elston, R. W.: Postoperative Gangrenous Ulcer of the Abdominal Wall , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 27:624 ( (April) ) 1933. 7. Brown, W. L.; Brown, C. P., and Murphy, J. L.: Progressive Postoperative Gangrene of the Abdominal Wall Following Appendectomy , J. A. M. A. 101:1876 ( (Dec. 9) ) 1933. 8. Baker, W. H., and Terry, C. C.: A Case of Postoperative Progressive Gangrene of the Skin , J. A. M. A. 98:138 ( (Jan. 9) ) 1932. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology American Medical Association

MAGGOT THERAPY IN DERMATOLOGIC PRACTICE: REPORT OF A CASE OF CHRONIC ULCERATING GRANULOMA OF UNDETERMINED ETIOLOGY IN WHICH MAGGOT THERAPY WAS USED

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Abstract At last it would appear that one of God's lowliest creatures, the fly, has found his niche of usefulness in the scheme of things. The beneficial effects of maggots in the treatment of infected wounds have been observed on a number of occasions over a period of several hundred years, but it remained for William S. Baer, clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical School, to make the first deliberate therapeutic application of this principle. The first report1 dealing with the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis by the use of maggots was published in 1929, and the results were so gratifying that this method of treatment has now become an accepted procedure and numerous reports have appeared in medical literature amply confirming the results which Baer had obtained. Practically all of the reports on maggot therapy up to the present time have appeared in surgical or orthopedic journals. References 1. Baer, W. S.: A Viable Antiseptic in Chronic Osteomyelitis , Proc. Interstate Post-Grad. M. Assemb. North America 5:370, 1929. 2. Livingston, S. K.: Maggots in the Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis, Infected Wounds and Compound Fractures , Surg., Gynec. & Obst. 54:702 ( (April) ) 1932. 3. Weil, Grover C.; Simon, Richard J., and Sweadner, Walter R.: Larval or Maggot Therapy in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pyogenic Infections , Am. J. Surg. 19:36 ( (Jan.) ) 1933. 4. Baer, W. S.: Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis with the Maggot Larva of the Blow-Fly , J. Bone & Joint Surg. 13:438 ( (July) ) 1931. 5. The Lederle Laboratories supplied the maggots used by us. 6. Duemling, W. W., and Elston, R. W.: Postoperative Gangrenous Ulcer of the Abdominal Wall , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 27:624 ( (April) ) 1933. 7. Brown, W. L.; Brown, C. P., and Murphy, J. L.: Progressive Postoperative Gangrene of the Abdominal Wall Following Appendectomy , J. A. M. A. 101:1876 ( (Dec. 9) ) 1933. 8. Baker, W. H., and Terry, C. C.: A Case of Postoperative Progressive Gangrene of the Skin , J. A. M. A. 98:138 ( (Jan. 9) ) 1932.

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Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1936

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