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one of my favorite historical ancedotes... they were really into using urine and blood to determine which one of the humors were out of balance, by tasting.. or applying leeches. oh, he has a gash in his forehead... better extract more blood

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I think leeching/bloodletting gets a bad reputation. Without anti-inflammatory drugs there's no real way to reduce swelling other than via bloodletting and could often be the difference between life and death.

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yeah, i can see that. one of those things, whose purpose and effectiveness were lost to the muddy waters of time