The lowly maggot gets a bad rap, mostly known for feeding on corpses and rotting meat. But modern medicine is giving its reputation new life — as a tiny surgeon. Polly Cleveland, of New York City, turned to so-called maggot therapy when she was caring for her late husband, Tom, in 2023. “After a stay in the hospital, he came back with this terrible sore on his left heel,” Cleveland said. Later, he developed a bedsore on his buttocks. “These kinds of wounds really smell foul.” The doctors and