• Remorhaz@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Microbiologist here: I was taught that part of the origin of the symbol was the way a specific worm was removed, you had a stick or rod or whatever and you made a little incision where the worm is, then slowly pull it out and wind it around the rod

    One of man’s first medical procedures