Over large areas of the body by multiple incisions. Of 16-30 ounces (one to four pints) of blood was typical. Washington, died from a throat infection in 1799 after beingĭrained of nine pints of blood within 24 hours. Reached unbelievable heights in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The pole itself represented the stick squeezed by the patientīloodletting came to the U. With a red (for blood) and white (for tourniquet) striped pole. By the middle ages, both surgeons andīarbers were specializing in this bloody practice. The art of bloodletting was flourishing well before Hippocrates
Restored by purging, starving, vomiting or bloodletting. Practice of bloodletting seemed logical when the foundation ofĪll medical treatment was based on the four body humors: blood, Phlebotomy: The Ancient Art of Bloodletting".
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