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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 19, 2020

On blood-letting: An account of the curative effects of the abstraction of blood; with rules for employing both local and general blood-letting in the treatment of diseases.

Publication Details

London: J.-B. Baillière, 1835 CE.

Wardrop "promoted blood-letting in an era when a few physicians, notably Pierre Louis of Paris, were discouraging the therapeutic approach" (W. Bruce Fye, "James Wardrop," Profiles in cardiology, 91.) Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11723
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13924
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLon-bloodletting-an-account-of-the-curative-effects-of-the-abstraction-of-blood-with-rules-for-employing-both-local-and-gener

Geographic Context

Publication place: London

Mentioned in annotation: Paris