The Most Painful Medical Procedures Of Medieval Times
Bloodletting
Source: Wikipedia
A fairly common practice throughout medieval times, some believe that bloodletting was modeled after the menstruation cycle as it “purged women of bad humors,” the most salient of which being blood. The practice could be done by barbers, ostensibly taking a break from trimming their client’s hair.
To do so, the physician/barber would make a small cut in the inner arm and release an amount of blood that was determined by the individual’s age, health, weather and current place. No, it doesn’t make much sense to us, either and definitely seems like one of the more unnecessary and painful medical procedures of Medieval times.
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