Mark Benecke, perhaps the world’s most colorful forensic entomologist (and maybe the only one who is also the main character in a play) digs up the US Army’s advice about using maggots medically: From the US ARMY SPECIAL FORCES MEDICAL HANDBOOK, ST 31-91B, Chapter 22 “PRIMITIVE MEDICINE,” Section 3: “MAGGOT THERAPY FOR WOUND DEBRIDEMENT.” 22-3. […]
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Maggots in the index
This image shows the index to June Preszler’s delightful children’s book Flesh-Eating Machines: Maggots in the Food Chain. (NOTE: You can see a few of the books fun images, on Google Books. One is reproduced here, below the index.)
Maggots, Magott’s, and meat
Maggots love fresh meat (as demonstrated by Genevieve Mount in her 2005 California State Science Fair project). If you love fresh meat, presumably you will love Magott’s. Magott’s is a grocery store in San Antonio, Texas. Investigator Neil Gussman visited the store, and took this photo of the sign atop it: