At Choongtam he had been laid up with ulcerated legs from the bites of leeches and sand-flies, which required my treatment.
I have seen the cattle feeding in places where the leeches so abounded, that fifty or sixty were frequently together on my ankles; and ponies are almost maddened by their biting the fetlocks.
My bed and tent came up two hours later, and not before the leeches and mosquitos had taxed me severely.
Some marked murrains have followed very wet seasons, when the leeches appear in incredible numbers; and the disease in the cattle, described to me by the Lepchas as in the stomach, in no way differs from what leeches would produce.
Leeches swarmed in incredible profusion in the streams and damp grass, and among the bushes: they got into my hair, hung on my eyelids, and crawled up my legs and down my back.
Leeches began to swarm as the damp increased, and stinging flies of various kinds.
Leeches and mosquitos were very troublesome, the latter appearing in clouds at night; during the day they were rarer, but the species was the same.
Augusta, "I dare say the leeches have relieved her.
But you might have supposed that the leeches would do her good, as, of course, they will.
Multitudes of leeches have their home in the mountain forests of the Philippines, and every native who travels there is armed with a small rattan knife to cut them off as they seize upon him.
Every one hoped to be free from the persistent leeches this time.
Full-grown leeches come on the surface in this wet country.
The water was cold, and so was the wind, but no leeches plagued us.
But I must not let thee linger longer here; for although I myself hold that the whole and sound are not affected by the taint, there be leeches of repute who swear 'tis death to abide long beside the leper.
And she is not a wicked woman neither, for she cures agues and fevers, and the leeches themselves ask her simples of her.
They are a much better lot," he said, "than the leeches who used to hang upon me.
This is merely pin money for the female leeches and pocket money for the male!
Leeches or cups, to be followed by cold applications or by blisters, may be applied about the head or neck.
If it is very severe and does not yield to these remedies, a few leeches applied to the temples often have a very happy effect in moderating the pain.
In the exceptional instances in which the skin covering the tumor becomes tense and red, and suppuration is threatened, two or three leeches may be applied behind the ear of the affected side.
In my opinion, paracentesis may frequently be rendered unnecessary by the timely use of one or two leeches applied to the meatus.
Blood may be drawn by cups or leeches from the back of the neck or temples, and this may be followed by the application of a blister.
It has been recommended also, in cases in which the peritonitis has become general, to apply leeches to the abdomen, but few patients in this condition will readily bear the loss of much blood.
In France leeches applied to the abdomen are much used as a means of relieving peritoneal sensitiveness.
More recently they have been treated with leeches or inunctions of mercurial ointment.
Leeches have been applied to the parts mentioned, and over the mastoid processes have sometimes been used with advantage, but their depletory surpasses their revulsive action, and is, so far, injurious.
The blood was drawn by leeches and cupping-glasses, and five grammes were injected into each dog.
As the worm got gradually swallowed the two leechescame to very close quarters, and at last touched.
There is nothing like being used to a thing, and when you remember that many people derive their whole support from the leeches they gather, you will not wonder that they do not fear a few leech bites.
This sonnet was written in 1807, and when we consider the immense numbers used in medicine, and the utter neglect of leech culture in this country, we shall cease to wonder that native leeches are very scarce.
All these leeches lay cocoons in which the young are developed.
But the leeches, properly so called, have all red blood; that of the snail-leeches is colourless.
What," asked Willy, "are the leeches I often find in the drains on the moors and in other places?
I suppose it was the appreciation of their value in medicine that induced French ladies, about forty-five years ago, to regard leeches with especial favour.
To this Unfortunate's distraction between a damp cloth on which he had placed theleeches to freshen them, and the wrathful adjurations of my friend to 'Stick 'em on, sir!
After a while our united efforts prevailed, and, when the leeches came off and had recovered their spirits, we carefully tied them up in a decanter.
In addition, he invented a device, which he called a "polytome," specifically for introducing leeches into the rectum.
In the nineteenth century leeches were often sold in drug stores from large, elegant containers with perforated caps.
Such artificial leeches are often difficult to distinguish from cupping devices, because both sorts of instruments employed some form of scarification and suction.
Lithograph published in London in 1814 showing three women gatheringleeches by a stream.
Actually, only the day's supply of the pharmacist's leecheswas kept in the attractive storefront jars; the rest were kept out of sight.
To take the place of leeches in the uterus, quite a number of uterine scarificators were sold.
Artificial leeches however, were usually adaptable to small areas of the anatomy, and the puncture wound generally attempted to imitate a leech bite.
Despite all the efforts to find a suitable substitute, the use of natural leeches persisted until the practice of local bloodletting gradually disappeared in America.
In the mid-nineteenth century, special leech tubes were widely sold for applying leeches to internal membranes.
Instruments in this category include scarificators, cupping glasses, cupping devices, and many artificial leeches invented to replace the living leech.
A second advantage of leechesover cupping was that leeches could extract blood more readily.
Leeches were gathered in the spring of the year either by means of a pole net, or, more primitively, by wading into the water and allowing the leeches to fasten themselves onto the legs.
To prevent leeches from getting lost in the body cavities, Jonathan Osborne, a British physician, recommended in 1833 that a thread should be passed through the leech's tail.
In the late nineteenth century, one could buy Swedish leeches for $5.
It appears, however, that the introduction of leeches into Western medicine came somewhat later than that of phlebotomy or cupping, for Hippocrates made no mention of them.
Whether like a dream or no, it certainly has been signally the fate of this whilom proud mansion to pass from the highest to the very humblest almost at a bound.
Water spots some grays" said Mrs. Rayne with a strange sort of smile as Rhoda went out, "especially salt water.
He was about to speak to Leonhard, when Benigna took up the trombone which was lying on the piano, and said, "I am curious to know how many rehearsals you have had, sir.
Leeches are good in severe cases placed near the outer corner of the eye.
Leeches also can be applied in front and below the tragus (front of the opening).
A rat bites your heel whilst you are asleep; the leeches suck your blood; all sorts of insects sting you.
The stagnant waters of the ponds, round which the frogs croak and the leeches crawl, are plentifully strewn with water-lilies, reeds and other aquatic plants.
Our poor legs were attacked by a perfect army of leeches and subjected to a most inopportune and undesirable bleeding.
But hardly had he done so when, faint from loss of blood, he fell senseless on the ground, and was carried into the palace, where the duke's best leeches were called in to attend him.
There are leeches who have secret simples for curing wounds.
In these streams leeches must always be suspected; inadvertently swallowed, they fix upon the inner coat of the stomach, and in Northern Africa have caused, it is said, some deaths among the French soldiers.
Couldn't we catch some of those leeches and sell them to the doctors?
American wild leeches like those are not good for much, my son.
I don't know why not; but I have been told that only the imported leeches are used by medical men.
On inquiring, however, I was told that such was not the case, but that a man here had had a quantity ofleeches sent from Bordeaux to supply the district.
Leeches are principally found in the lakes of the north-west districts, called the Gharb.
Now the Jew refuses to buy leeches except at his own price, whilst every unfortunate trader is obliged to sell to him and to him only.
This case of leeches may be applied to nearly all the monopolies of the country.
In fact, the monopolist fixes the price, and everybody who brings leechesto Tangier must accept it.
Bishop, I pray you send for the leeches most skilled in the treatment of sword wounds in the city.
Now see to the staunching of the flow of blood till the leeches arrive.
Guy is better," he said, "but he is still weak and fragile, and the leechestell me that a rough winter or an illness that would be nought to others might carry him off.
The leeches say that you are not to talk, and you had best sleep as much as you can.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leeches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
