Blood-letting instruments. 17th-century illustration of instruments (fleam,thumb lancet,cups) and leeches (bottom) used for blood-letting. Also shown (left) are a scarification pattern and incision patterns on veins. Blood-letting,the withdrawal of often large amounts of blood from a patient,was a common practice in medicine for thousands of years. It was based on the theory that the bodily 'humors' needed to be kept in balance. In most cases,the blood-letting would not have been beneficial,and would often have been harmful. Artwork from a 1671 work published in Naples by 17th-century Italian barber-surgeon Cintio D'Amato | |
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