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  • Bloodletting chart, Tibet
  • Bloodletting, 16th Century
  • Bloodletting scene by N. Keyland, 1922
  • Bloodletting on horse, Hindi, 18th C
  • Or Tibetan 114 - Bloodletting chart, Tibet
  • Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.
  • Bloodletting operation on a woman, by Buytenwegh, 1592-1624
  • Bloodletting from the foot. Oil painting after H. Daumier.
  • Caricature of bloodletting, clysters,...
  • Bloodletting points and moxa points on the human body. Gouache painting, Tibet.
  • A Nun (Sister of Charity) bloodletting a seated patient. Line engraving.
  • A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.
  • A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • A family threatened by influenza is prepared for a large scale bloodletting. Coloured etching, 18--.
  • A family threatened by influenza is prepared for a large scale bloodletting. Coloured etching, 18--.
  • Mexico: a Mayan shaman or medicine man performing bloodletting on a patient seated on a fallen tree. Photograph, ca. 1920.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • Three leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Grandville, ca. 1832.
  • A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.
  • Katoptrob Speculum venarum, et arteriarum.
  • African witch doctor cupping a patient, Wide World photograph
  • Aimatiasis; or, The true way of preserving the bloud in its integrity, and rectifying it, if at any time polluted and degenerate : wherein Dr. Willis his errour of bleeding is reprehended ... and certain opinions of Dr. Betts in physick rejected ... phlebotomy ... declared to be destructive. Whereunto are added a stomachical spirit. Diaetetical instructions. The nature and cure of the griping of the guts.
  • Aimatiasis; or, The true way of preserving the bloud in its integrity, and rectifying it, if at any time polluted and degenerate : wherein Dr. Willis his errour of bleeding is reprehended ... and certain opinions of Dr. Betts in physick rejected ... phlebotomy ... declared to be destructive. Whereunto are added a stomachical spirit. Diaetetical instructions. The nature and cure of the griping of the guts.