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- y: u1 u0 |3 l' [人在德国 社区Leeches have been used in medicine for thousands of years. By attaching themselves to the body, and sucking blood from a patient, they were thought to bring health benefits.$ Z" X- _) O3 _/ R
! \' h7 e* b3 {* f3 K( b- A人在德国 社区The idea being that disease could be banished by releasing the infected blood. 3 S, s- e6 z6 K- F- j* D& p人在德国 社区 ( Y9 T% @" H! I: O* i人在德国 社区That idea fell out of fashion during the 20th century, with the discovery of modern drugs. But today, as interest in traditional medicine grows, they are making a comeback - particularly in the former Soviet State of Georgia. + g1 l/ I' R7 F% V0 w0 }7 q , k# I9 u, r# R0 rDamien McGuinness in the capital Tbilisi has been finding out why.