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Definition of Bloodlettings
1. bloodletting [n] - See also: bloodletting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodlettings
Literary usage of Bloodlettings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1853)
"This diminution is more considerable in the very severe cases, especially if
previous bloodlettings have been performed. 3. The fibrin generally remains at ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1847)
"Large bloodlettings nave by some been recommended solely with the view to abruptly
check the fever in its course, before the reaction has fully and fairly ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1844)
"Among 84 bloodlettings practised during the course of well-marked pneumonia,
there were 7 only in which the fibrin fluctuated between 4 and 5 ; in the 77 ..."
4. The Pathology of the kidney in scarlatina: Illustrated by Cases by James Miller (1850)
"The more intense the general symptoms of inflammation, the greater benefit is
seen to follow the loss of a small quantity of blood. Second bloodlettings, as ..."
5. Pathological Chemistry, in Its Application to the Practice of Medicine. by Louis Alfred Becquerel, Alfred Becquerel (1857)
"Repeated bloodlettings exercise a marked influence upon the composition of the
serum. If an individual be repeatedly bled, his blood becomes impoverished ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"Bloodlettings of three to four pounds each repeated as often as four or five
times were advised, says Haeser, and this historian adds that the explanation ..."
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