A treatise on the utility of sangui-suction, or, : Leech bleeding, in the treatment of a great variety of diseases : including the opinions of eminent practitioners, ancient and modern : with instructions for the process of leeching, and an appendix, delineating the characteristic distinction of true leeches : with directions for their management and preservation / by Rees Price.

  • Price, Rees.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A treatise on the utility of sangui-suction, or, : Leech bleeding, in the treatment of a great variety of diseases : including the opinions of eminent practitioners, ancient and modern : with instructions for the process of leeching, and an appendix, delineating the characteristic distinction of true leeches : with directions for their management and preservation / by Rees Price. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Reviewers' Observations upon the fore- going Treatise on Sangui-suction, or Leech- bleeding. We cannot take our leave of Dr. Price's work without again recommending it to the attention of our readers; not only to the medical, but to the general reader. To the heads of families the directions for the application and preservation of Leeches are invalu- able.—London Journal of Sciences and Arts. We have extracted from this work sufficient to show, that we have derived pleasure from its perusal. It contains many hints relative to Leech-bleeding not generally known, and which cannot fail of being ex- tremely useful to the profession at large. Dr. Price has advocated the employment of Leeches in no less than ninety-two different complaints.—London Medical and Physical Journal. An ingenious work, on the beneficial effects of Leech-bleeding in the cure of various inflammatory, febrile, and acute diseases.—European Magazine. *** Several medical gentlemen, and some respect- able druggists, have complained to the Author of the difficulty they experience in procuring Leeches in a healthy condition, or such that they can preserve for any length of time, and have expressed their opinion that he ought to have mentioned the names of some of the principal importers of Leeches in London, by whom they might be supplied with the best selected species: the Author begs to assure his Readers that he never intended his Work to recommend the sale of Leeches,