Hippocrates and the Hodos

Even modern men usually have no clue or overestimate as to the regular amount of blood lost (at least the few I've quizzed).
Whenever I read about blood-letting it just amazes me. I've been learning about Lewis and Clark and they did some bloodletting to Sacagewea (1805) when she was ill.

At least four skits from the old classic SNL came to mind while reading this, most with Steve Martin in them. I'm sure some of our practices will seem archaic centuries if not decades from now. I read somewhere that blood letting still goes on today though I can't remember what for.

I remember my first husband's reaction when I told him I'd started my period that morning. He was, "Oh, ok. So, wanna have sex?"

"You don't mind?" I asked.

"What, you're STILL on it?" Apparently he envisioned me standing over a bucket and just releasing.

I don't think Greeks were prudes; if I remember correctly, they applied the repression pretty much solely to women.

Some things really don't change.

Dang–now you've got me thinking that there was at least one famous person in history who died from blood-letting and it's on the tip of my brain and I just can't remember and it's going to be bothering me all day until I remember….

Evil thought…homeschool lesson, children: who was the famous person…..

George Washington, just before he died (and likely contributing to his demise) had a large volume blood letting as treatment for an infection.
Probably other famous folks as well.

We use leeches on occasion for stimulating blood vessel development in reattached limbs. The only modern indications for blood letting that I know of are a type of leukemia consisting of too many red blood cells (polycythemia vera), and hemochromatosis (a condition with iron buildup).

Blood letting was still fashionable clear into the late 19th century, when it was gradually phased out as the humoral theory of disease was replaced by, ahem, science.

LOTS of famous people died, more or less, from complications of bloodletting, since it was used for millennia. But rarely did it get reported that way. Doctors of the old days were, just as we are now, more likely to blame the disease being treated than the interventions. And of course, there wasn't much accountability in the old days–JCAH wasn't standing over every doctor's shoulder counting his iatrogenic infection rate.

THAT I didn't know.

Looks like despite Hippocrates' admonition that "to do nothing is also a good remedy," the men of that time just couldn't help themselves when it came to the perceived maladies of women.

I always found it ironic that blood letting was frequently used to "treat" a wound via gunshot or sword, particularly if you got an infection afterwards. Fever? Better bleed.

My father believed that his giving blood frequently was good for him, which is not the same as being let when you're sick. I remember reading a story in Science magazine that there might be some health benefits with giving/letting blood periodically while healthy (I was in high school and have no strong opinions on the matter). I know my father used to go in and give platelets every 10 days. Before he died, he had his fifty gallon pin.

I don't give blood as regularly as he did (because I'm forgetful), but I know I haven't ever had any ill effects other than a bit of bruising.

Ewww! And a wandering womb? Super Eww. I'm glad I didn't live back then.

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