The Apothecary Shop at Colonial Williamsburg has been exhibiting and
discussing the medicinal use of leaches for years.

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradeapo.cfm

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Senior Conservator and Museum Consultant
Los Angeles CA

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Barbara Hass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>     It's fun to see what can be found on the web!!!
>
> http://www.leeches.biz/             ---
> a source for real leaches and an interesting article
>
> someone has asked this question in the past -- so not so strange!
> this site has several suggestions
> http://ask.metafilter.com/166255/Please-help-me-makefind-fake-leeches
>
> Cabellas - sports shop has lures for sale
> http://www.cabelas.com/leeches.shtml
>
>
>
>
>  Best wishes, Barbara, retired librarian
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Westwood Leeanne <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] A strange question for the end of the week.....
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>  Apologies for cross posting
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> My colleagues in our education department are planning some sessions
> around the theme of medicine. Does anyone out there have experience of
> using real leaches in their education sessions? Or has anyone seen them
> being used somewhere else?
>
> Can anyone recommend suppliers of realistic fake leaches?
>
> Many thanks
>
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