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Bloodletting making a comeback? And having actual benefits this time?

• lesuorac 4mo ago
  There's kinda a significant difference between bloodletting and blood donation. For starters, you're not supposed to donate blood when you're sick. The other being the quantity. A donation is 1-2 pints. Wikipedia lists bloodletting as easily 3 pints [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting#Use_in_the_1600s_through_the_19th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting#Use_in_the_1600s_...
  • lelandfe 4mo ago
    Although PFAS is helping bloodletting make a comeback https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/bloodletting-recommended-for-jersey-residents-after-pfas-contamination https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/bloodletting...
  • dumbmrblah 4mo ago
    I really love the pedantry, thanks for the laugh
  • DANmode 4mo ago
    So get routine bloodwork done?
• jenkinstrigger 4mo ago
  me to the plague doctors: we are SO back
• mrhottakes 4mo ago
  It never went away; now they call it "therapeutic phlebotomy"
• Forgeties79 4mo ago
  Medical leeches are actually a real thing.