Medical Maggots

Now listen carefully and pay very close attention. These little guys right here can be your best friends in the medical field. They eat decaying flesh, which helps clean out wounds. I expect all of you to get acqainted with your bucket of maggots, dig into it and pick up a handful. I do not wish to see anyone being squeamish, in the course of your career these little critters will be the make or break of some of your patients surviving. If someone comes in with a leg that has started turning green you will need to get a handful of these guys into the wound to clean it out before you amputate the limb; and you will need to amputate the limb.
If you can't handle it, I would suggest either finding a different profession or becoming an apothecarist. I am not suggesting you give up just that you consider what you can handle. The job of a healer is not an easy one or for the faint of heart. We sew up intestines, gaping wounds in bellies, and are required to amputate arms and legs.

— Eileen, Head healer, to a new group of prospective healer trainees.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Maggots are invertebrates with no legs, their bodies taper to a point and are off white to pale yellow in colour. They have mouth hooks which act like forks.

Genetics and Reproduction

Maggots are the larval stage of flies.

Ecology and Habitats

They can be found anywhere there is decay, which they live off.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Maggots love anything that is decaying, because of this healers use them to pack wounds they cannot get to right away.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Maggots are used in medical situations where there is wound decay. Examples of this are battlefied casualties waiting to be seen, people who can't get into a healing center until their wound is festering, and for cleaning wounds which have failed to heal properly.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Maggots are prolific anywhere there is a plethora of decaying material.

Corrigenda         Medical Maggots

Lifespan

They have an average lifespan of three days to eight weeks depending on the temperature. The magically altered ones have a two-month lifespan.

Geographic Distribution

• Craglim Reach
• Gaullium
• Herigmark
• Shay
• The Fae Wilds
• Thormalk