Sentence examples for medicinal leech from inspiring English sources

The namesake of the family Hirudinidae, Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (European Medicinal Leech), is the species most commonly referenced for its use in medicine, though a recent study [ 11, 12] found the commercially distributed leech used in most Western hospitals is Hirudo verbana Carena 1820, not H. medicinalis.

To compare mechanical device therapy to medicinal leech therapy for treating venous congestion.

To this day, a standardized protocol for medicinal leech therapy does not exist.

" We have created a computational model of the timing network that paces the heartbeat of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis.

Triple-barrelled, ion-sensitive microelectrodes were used to investigate the regulation of intracellular Mg2+ in Retzius neurones of the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis).

…for this purpose is the European medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, an aquatic segmented worm whose bloodsucking capabilities once made it a valuable commercial item.

In the 18th century, punctuation marks were as common as medicinal leeches and just about as scientific.

Medicinal leeches -- Hirudo medicinalis -- normally make their home in fresh water.

Medicinal leeches bred commercially cost only 30 cents each, and for most treatments only two or three leeches a week are needed.

Some new cancer drugs -- like Gleevec, which shows promise in treating a form of leukemia -- could send conventional radiation and chemotherapy the way of medicinal leeches.

Hamartia dates back to Anciente Greeke Tymes – not in the same way as medicinal leeches but as a concept in literature.