A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.133
A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.133
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132 Identified as *Hirudinaria* (or *Poecilobdella*) *granulosa* (Savigny) (WIRM VI, 58). See on this leech: M. Chandra (1991): 91–92; W.A. Harding and J. Percy Moore (1927): 226–238. M. Chandra remarks that this species is a medicinal leech; he also states (92–94) that *Poecilobdella javanica* (Wahlberg) may be used for the same purposes and that *P. manillensis* (Lesson) is the medicinal leech of the lowlands of India.