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When Bloodletting was the Cure
Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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For more than two thousand years, one medical treatment dominated Western medicine: bloodletting. From ancient Greece to the 19th century, physicians believed that draining a patient's blood could cure illness, restore balance, and save lives. Instead, it often hastened death.
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