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Why are doctors called leeches?
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Probably a throw-back to the days when doctors used leeches to suck blood around infected wounds, and then charged handsomly for their services - it's not hard to make a connection between a profession that makes its money by 'bleeding' sick people of theirs. Of course, these days doctors don't have to bleed people,we've got the NHS who do it instead!
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