Bloodletting
noun
The act of making a small cut in a person's body to remove some of their blood, often used in past times as a treatment for some diseases.
In Medieval times they believed in curing illnesses through a practice like bloodletting.
Often appears as...
- perform bloodletting
- practice bloodletting
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Formal
Historical
noun
The violent killing of many people.
The war was characterized by widespread bloodletting.
Often appears as...
- widespread bloodletting
- brutal bloodletting
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Formal, Disapproving
noun
The act of making a small cut in a person's body to remove some of their blood, often used in past times as a treatment for some diseases.
In Medieval times they believed in curing illnesses through a practice like bloodletting.
Often appears as...
- perform bloodletting
- practice bloodletting
Usage tips
Formal
Historical
noun
The violent killing of many people.
The war was characterized by widespread bloodletting.
Often appears as...
- widespread bloodletting
- brutal bloodletting
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Medicine
Bloodletting was once a common medical treatment but is now outdated.
Doctors in the Renaissance era considered bloodletting as a cure for fevers.
Pro Tip 2/3Misguided Therapy
It is crucial to mention that bloodletting was harmful and not scientific.
Students learn that historical practices like bloodletting often did more harm than good.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Bloodletting appears in old literature and can symbolize outdated practices.
The play, set in the 1800s, mentions bloodletting to show the era's medical knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Medicine
Bloodletting was once a common medical treatment but is now outdated.
Doctors in the Renaissance era considered bloodletting as a cure for fevers.
Pro Tip 2/3Misguided Therapy
It is crucial to mention that bloodletting was harmful and not scientific.
Students learn that historical practices like bloodletting often did more harm than good.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Bloodletting appears in old literature and can symbolize outdated practices.
The play, set in the 1800s, mentions bloodletting to show the era's medical knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Medicine
Bloodletting was once a common medical treatment but is now outdated.
Doctors in the Renaissance era considered bloodletting as a cure for fevers.
Pro Tip 2/3Misguided Therapy
It is crucial to mention that bloodletting was harmful and not scientific.
Students learn that historical practices like bloodletting often did more harm than good.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Bloodletting appears in old literature and can symbolize outdated practices.
The play, set in the 1800s, mentions bloodletting to show the era's medical knowledge.
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Ancient Rome’s most...
like bloodletting and purging. Informed by his poor understanding of the circulatory system, Galen was a strong proponent of these treatments, despite their sometimes lethal consequences. Unfortunately, Galen’s ego drove him to believe that all his discoveries were of the utmost importance.
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The extraordinary lives...
people probably know that leeches have been involved in medicine for a very long time going back almost a thousand years leeches were used for bloodletting for everything from hysteria to obesity and a lot of other things that it really didn't work for it wasn't medieval it
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Ancient Bloodsuckers PIPE...
the even we're using on the lips going down obviously of the chest on the back on the hands of the fingers to treat Emory we cheese yes let's skip that one some patients found out the hard way that excessive bloodletting wasn't always a help but using cups and heat to
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Richard Resnick: Welcome...
with more ovarian cancer, more chemotherapy. Six months later, she comes back with acute myeloid leukemia. She goes into respiratory failure and dies eight days later. So the way in which this woman was treated, in as little as 10 years, will look like bloodletting.
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Ancient Rome’s most...
like bloodletting and purging. Informed by his poor understanding of the circulatory system, Galen was a strong proponent of these treatments, despite their sometimes lethal consequences. Unfortunately, Galen’s ego drove him to believe that all his discoveries were of the utmost importance.
Video examples
The extraordinary lives...
people probably know that leeches have been involved in medicine for a very long time going back almost a thousand years leeches were used for bloodletting for everything from hysteria to obesity and a lot of other things that it really didn't work for it wasn't medieval it
Video examples
Ancient Bloodsuckers PIPE...
the even we're using on the lips going down obviously of the chest on the back on the hands of the fingers to treat Emory we cheese yes let's skip that one some patients found out the hard way that excessive bloodletting wasn't always a help but using cups and heat to
Video examples
Richard Resnick: Welcome...
with more ovarian cancer, more chemotherapy. Six months later, she comes back with acute myeloid leukemia. She goes into respiratory failure and dies eight days later. So the way in which this woman was treated, in as little as 10 years, will look like bloodletting.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
Afghans long ago resigned themselves to this sort of thing. Compromises must be made. Deals with the devil are better than ceaseless butchery. In the exigencies of post-conflict bygones, against the threat of collapse into more terrible bloodletting, the ugliness of realpolitik is the lesser evil.
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Elizabeth Holmes
American Businessman
The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it has not fundamentally evolved since then. You go in, sit down, they put a tourniquet on your arm, stick you with a needle, take these tubes and tubes of blood.
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Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes; this is the screech of a scar. But Mary Timony was always more kaleidoscope than microscope, creating magical worlds replete with weaponry or sorcery.
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Art Alexakis
American Musician
About one or two songs per record is me doing a little bloodletting.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
Afghans long ago resigned themselves to this sort of thing. Compromises must be made. Deals with the devil are better than ceaseless butchery. In the exigencies of post-conflict bygones, against the threat of collapse into more terrible bloodletting, the ugliness of realpolitik is the lesser evil.
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Elizabeth Holmes
American Businessman
The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it has not fundamentally evolved since then. You go in, sit down, they put a tourniquet on your arm, stick you with a needle, take these tubes and tubes of blood.
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Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes; this is the screech of a scar. But Mary Timony was always more kaleidoscope than microscope, creating magical worlds replete with weaponry or sorcery.
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Art Alexakis
American Musician
About one or two songs per record is me doing a little bloodletting.
Example 1 of 4
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