Extraordinary Sutures! Lesbian "Debauchery"! And Seminal Weakness! Thank goodness the Morbid Fact Du Jour is here! View this email in your browser Today's Extraordinary Yet Truly Morbid Fact! One of the most extraordinary methods of suturing wounds, especially abdominal wounds, is by means of termites or ants. This method has been observed in such widely separated places as India, East Africa, and Brazil. It consists in bringing the edges of the wound close together and allowing the termites to bite through them. The powerful jaws of the insect act like pincers or like the metal clips used in modern surgery and keep the edges of the wound in close apposition. The bodies of the insects are then cut off.



Culled from: The Early History of Surgery



Here's a photo of the phenomenon:



