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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
Reference: 24101i
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Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.
Reference: 581554i
Part of: Bloodletting points and moxa points: three drawings.
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On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.
Gairdner, William, 1793-1867.Date: MDCCCLIV [1854]
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The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 532358i
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Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.
Toogood, Jonathan, 1784-1870.Date: 1853
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Methodi medendi per venae sectionem morbos muliebres acutos libri quatuor : quibus succedit spicilegium eorum, qua a variis sunt scripta de curandi ratione per venae sectionen febres, quae humor putrescens accendit ... / Iohannis Raphaelis Moxii gerundensis.
Moix, Joan Raphel, active 1587-approximately 1612.Date: 1612
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M0006349EB: bloodletting appliances
Date: June 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/53/31
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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De recta sanguinis missione, or, New and exact observations of fevers : in which letting of blood is shew'd to be the true and solid basis of their cure, as well as of almost all other acute diseases ... / by J. White, M.D.
White, J., M.D.Date: 1712
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Considérations sur l'emploi des émissions sanguines contre les maladies inflammatoires aiguës chez les laboureurs : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 9 juillet 1836 / par J. Suberbielle.
Suberbielle, J.Date: 1836
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M0003218: Blood-Letting by "Cupping"
Date: 02 November 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/26/33
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Observations on certain dropsical affections which are successfully treated by blood-letting / by J. Abercrombie.
Date: [1818]
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A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.
Neer, Eglon van der, 1635 or 1636-1703.Reference: 23467i
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The taking of blood.
Date: 1950
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A surgeon bleeding a patient's arm in a bath of water. Wood engraving.
Reference: 23007i
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Formulae medicamentorum, or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic. To which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting / by Hugh Smith.
Smith, Hugh, 1730?-1790.Date: 1781
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John Bull about to be bled by three doctors; representing Britain's budget manipulated by the cabinet. Coloured etching by J. Phillips?, 1830.
Phillips, John, active 1829.Date: 8 March 1830Reference: 12227i
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A letter from J. Campbell, a physician in the country, to his friend in town : occasioned by the Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winington, lately published by Thomas Thomson [i.e. Thompson].
Campbell, J., M.D.Date: 1746
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Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.
Vitet, Louis, 1736-1809.Date: 1809
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Dissertatio medica inauguralis de venae-sectione et de usu ac abusu ejus in praxi medica ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Michael Daly.
Daly, John MichaelDate: 1751
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A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.
Reference: 15921i
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A treatise on practical cupping : comprising an historical relation of the operation through ancient and modern times; with a copious and minute description of the several methods of performing it; intended for the instruction of the medical student, and of practitioners in general / By Samuel Bayfield.
Bayfield, Samuel, active 1823.Date: 1823
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The human brain; its structure, physiology and diseases : With a description of the typical forms of brain in the animal kingdom. / By Samuel Solly.
Solly, Samuel, 1805-1871.Date: MDCCCXLVII. [1847]
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Manuel de la saignée, ou dialogue sur l'art de pratiquer cette opération / par Roch. Tarbès.
Tarbés, R. (Roch)Date: An 5e de la République [1796 or 1797]
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A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
Toornvliet, Jacob, 1635-1719.Reference: 44999i
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Apologetica disceptatio, qua docetur per quae loca sanguis mitti debeat in visceru[m] inflammationibus, pr[ae]sertim in pleuritide.
Brissot, Pierre, 1478-1522.Date: M. D. XXV. [1525]

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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

Methodi medendi per venae sectionem morbos muliebres acutos libri quatuor : quibus succedit spicilegium eorum, qua a variis sunt scripta de curandi ratione per venae sectionen febres, quae humor putrescens accendit ... / Iohannis Raphaelis Moxii gerundensis.

M0006349EB: bloodletting appliances

De recta sanguinis missione, or, New and exact observations of fevers : in which letting of blood is shew'd to be the true and solid basis of their cure, as well as of almost all other acute diseases ... / by J. White, M.D.

Considérations sur l'emploi des émissions sanguines contre les maladies inflammatoires aiguës chez les laboureurs : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 9 juillet 1836 / par J. Suberbielle.

M0003218: Blood-Letting by "Cupping"

Observations on certain dropsical affections which are successfully treated by blood-letting / by J. Abercrombie.

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

The taking of blood.

A surgeon bleeding a patient's arm in a bath of water. Wood engraving.

Formulae medicamentorum, or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic. To which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting / by Hugh Smith.

John Bull about to be bled by three doctors; representing Britain's budget manipulated by the cabinet. Coloured etching by J. Phillips?, 1830.

A letter from J. Campbell, a physician in the country, to his friend in town : occasioned by the Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winington, lately published by Thomas Thomson [i.e. Thompson].

Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de venae-sectione et de usu ac abusu ejus in praxi medica ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Michael Daly.

A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.

The human brain; its structure, physiology and diseases : With a description of the typical forms of brain in the animal kingdom. / By Samuel Solly.

Manuel de la saignée, ou dialogue sur l'art de pratiquer cette opération / par Roch. Tarbès.

A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.

Apologetica disceptatio, qua docetur per quae loca sanguis mitti debeat in visceru[m] inflammationibus, pr[ae]sertim in pleuritide.