555 sounds sarcastic. The proper phrase is 55555.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Should you trust this doc?:
I believe leeching was still highly regarded then.
Still is:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo_medicinalis#Medicinal_use
Maggots too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy
Reminds me of 2000, when Secretary Baker came out to give an update on the Florida recount, he would invariably pause half way through to pitch his Ginsu Knife Collection.