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Pewter box for transporting leeches, 19th century. | Medical oddities, Vintage medical, Century

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The practice of bleeding, or bloodletting, was intended to drain 'poisons' or excess blood from the body in order to restore the balance of the humours of the body. It was believed that If these humours lost their natural balance, illness would resul

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The practice of bleeding, or bloodletting, was intended to drain 'poisons' or excess blood from the body in order to restore the balance of the humours of the body. It was believed that If these humours lost their natural balance, illness would resul

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