Abstract
Therapeutic bloodletting in Ireland from the medieval period to modern times
Highlights
Until recently, bloodletting was used extensively in Ireland as a therapeutic option for many medical conditions
This paper explores the origins of therapeutic bleeding in Ireland and examines the experiences of bloodletting among the Irish in the context of evolving ideas in medicine from the medieval period until it was abandoned in the first half of the twentieth century
19 while the humoral justification for regulating blood may have been known in Ireland, there is no direct evidence that bloodletting was performed as a therapeutic option before the later medieval period
Summary
Grace Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Volume 121C, 2021, pp. 227-248 (Article) Published by Royal Irish Academy. For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/838623/summary [ Access provided at 24 Jan 2022 09:29 GMT with no institutional affiliation ]
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