Bloodletting was practiced in ancient times.
How does Bloodletting figure into this?
How long are we meant to keep this Bloodletting of yours going?
For hundreds of years,
the most common way to treat almost any illness was Bloodletting.
But for the first time in the last 100-150 years, we have changed leadership without Bloodletting.
Note how the top brass almost always gets away with it,
and some scapegoat takes the fall to stop the Bloodletting.
Effective treatment did not occur until the development and
availability of antibiotics in the 1930s before which time herbs, Bloodletting and rest were recommended.
Recalling the editor's adage that if it bleeds it leads,
they may hope this bout of political Bloodletting will lead to a revival of journalism's public ratings.
For example, a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing,
or an ancient philosopher and physician would apply Bloodletting according to the theories of humorism.
Historically, leeches have been used because they have an anticoagulant,
so they have been used for Bloodletting, or to increase blood flow to a skin flap
or graft,” she says.