Stories
- Article
Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
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Blood money: Taking periods out of poverty
Periods are not a wound that needs to heal, nor is the blood a sign of injury. So why are we still so repelled by them?
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle
Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Bleeding experiments
Date: c.1973-c.1976Reference: PP/MYG/C/1/10Part of: Young, Maureen (1915-2013)- Videos
Bleeding from a tooth socket.
Date: 1972
- Digital Images
- Online
Bleeding horn used to draw blood.
- Digital Images
- Online
Bleeding bowl or porridger, silver gilt, marked 1746-1747.
John Robinson- Archives and manuscripts
"Bleeding in pregnancy" what is the cause?
Health Education CouncilDate: 1970s-1990sReference: SA/HEC/B/33/2Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority