Maggots with Medical Benefits

In the 1920s scientific studies began on medical maggot use, in the 1930s medicinal maggots were used throughout many surgeons to treat bone infections and burns. During the 1940s Penicillin, a simple medical drug, stopped the use of medical maggots. Then, in 1989, the Food and  Drug Administration allowed medical firms to use and produce maggots as a medical treatment.
Today, Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon, recently had a patient that came to him with an open flesh wound, believing his wound was "alive." Dr. Youn then placed his foot, with the wound, in a medical whirlpool that would cleanse the wound properly. Sure enough, maggots were floating to the surface of the water one by one. Dr. Youn told his patient that he came to the hospital just in time to avoid a fatal injury.
Although, Dr. Youn's patient had maggots in wound without knowing, it is very dangerous for anyone to go through this therapy at home and should contact a doctor if they think this treatment is right for them.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/health/youn-maggot-therapy/index.html?hpt=he_c1