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The can-tam, or "doctor-bugs," are insects about twice the size of an ant that are capable of repairing damaged human flesh, or destroying it.
The vampiric nurses with whom Roland Deschain crossed paths in Eluria used the can-tam to nurse travelers back to health before feeding on them.