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Pechlin reports 155 venesections in one person in sixteen years, and there is a record of 1020 repeated venesections. "Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine" by George M. Gould

Is venesection done with forever? "Medical Essays" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The man lost his life, although not his blood, by this imaginary venesection. "The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes" by Various

The periods of the pleurisy recur with exacerbation of the pain and fever about sun-set, at which time venesection is of most service. "Zoonomia, Vol. I" by Erasmus Darwin

Hence I say that we ought in such cases to begin our treatment by venesection. "Gilbertus Anglicus" by Henry Ebenezer Handerson

In these are included venesection, the opening of an artery, cupping, leeches, and the like. "Old-Time Makers of Medicine" by James J. Walsh

Venesection at the bend of the elbow. "Surgical Anatomy" by Joseph Maclise

Sometimes he was seized with violent head-ache and dizziness, which, as well as the other symptoms, were greatly relieved by venesection. "Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart" by John Collins Warren

Iritis is to be cured by venesection, cathartics, mercury, blisters, and belladonna. "North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826" by Various

A number of Americans defended the limited use of bleeding, especially in the form of venesection. "Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology" by Audrey Davis