title: Controlling the medicinal leech.
abstract: A simple method is presented for applying a medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) to the precise area in which the clinician desires the leeching to take place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hunsaker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps