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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
by lesuorac 3mo 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_...
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