Leech collector
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leech-collector-255-6731165
title:
Leech collector
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A leech collector, leech gatherer, or leech finder was a person occupied with procuring medicinal leeches, which were in growing demand in 19th-century Europe. Leeches were used in bloodletting but were not easy for medical practitioners to obtain. The collector would sometimes gather the leeches by attracting them to the legs of animals, often old horses. More commonplace was for the collector to use their own legs, gathering the leech after it had finished sucking enough blood. Many in the pro
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech_collector
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2023-05-02T11:53:57Z
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