[MineralMan]

"Shall we insist that leeches be used in med school the same way as an alternative 'theory?' After all, it was good enough for the Father of Our Country."

Funny you should mention leeches. They ARE used in medicine today. Not to "bleed" patients, as they were with George Washington, but to promote blood flow when severed extremities, like fingers, etc., are reattached.

They work very well at this job.

[peyton randolph]

Not to "bleed" patients, as they were with George Washington

Which I compared to ID.

but to promote blood flow

Which I am aware of...and it is comparable to evolution in this example, that is, it is based on scientific theory as opposed to a faith-based belief.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Leeches are also used to draw blood for those with too many red cells (which makes the blood not only thicker than water, but thicker than blood.) Therapeutic maggots can be used for gangrene and therapeutic termites for wood-rot in prosthetics.