First Aid - Use of Maggots On Wounds

MAGGOTS TO HELP HEALING WOUNDS & PREVENT INFECTIONS:

In "the savage my kinsman; E. Eliot who spent 50 years as missionary among Auca Indians of S. America writes this:
"There were several people who displayed deep scars from spear wounds. They described her how they had been pierced. They had either yanked out the spears tearing the flesh badly on the barbs, or left them IN until the wound festered and maggots ate a hole large enough to enable them to remove the spears. The scars in these cases were as neat as a surgical incision.

The maggots in the wounds had fed on the pus-forming germs & stopped an infection spreading When there were no more pus-former, the maggots died & fell off."

One could try maggots in case of Gangrene before cutting. We heard of the same phenomenon from a German woman doctor who worked on the Eastern front during the war; many soldiers refused to have a new dressing put on, saying:
"We are all right, we have got maggots." In the cold winter the maggots also had the effect of keeping the wound warm all the

MAGGOTS AS PENICILLIN:
IN THE OLD DAYS MAGGOTS WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY TO ELIMINATE WOUND POISONING SINCE THERE WAS NO PENICILLIN ETC. IT STILL WORKS TODAY DESPITE WHAT THE DOCTOR MAY SAY.

Also to wash the wound in salted water, salt is a natural antiseptic, or better in sea water will kill germs and LOWER TREMENDOUSLY ANY RISK OF POST OPERATION INFECTIONS.