Project Gutenberg 2010-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 682 Davis, Audrey B. 1934 Appel, Toby A. 1945 Appel, Toby 78606043 Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. "Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology" by Audrey Davis and Toby Appel is a scientific catalog written in the late 20th century. This work delves into the extensive history and variety of bloodletting instruments housed in the National Museum of History and Technology, documenting their evolution, usage, and significance in medical practice over the centuries. The book aims to bridge the gap between the artifacts and their historical context, focusing on the instruments used in this once-common medical practice. The opening of the book establishes the historical roots of bloodletting as a prominent medical practice across cultures and time, explaining various methodologies and instruments, such as lancets, cupping devices, and leeches, used for therapeutic purposes. It outlines the dual categories of bloodletting techniques: general and local, detailing their purposes and tools throughout history. The introduction also contextualizes the Smithsonian collection itself, emphasizing its role as a resource for understanding the nature of medical practice and the variety of instruments that were developed to facilitate bloodletting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33102/33102-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Phlebotomy -- Instruments -- Catalogs Phlebotomy -- History National Museum of History and Technology RM Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General Category: History - Other Category: Health & Medicine 407430 2025-06-13T12:32:32.160853 text/html 401787 2010-07-07T18:10:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 12736534 2010-07-07T18:10:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 12779579 2025-06-13T12:32:45.661850 application/epub+zip 12763232 2025-06-13T12:32:34.734873 application/epub+zip 194478 2025-06-13T12:32:33.184878 application/epub+zip 12864569 2025-06-13T12:32:52.906751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12802243 2025-06-13T12:32:42.490822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292437 2022-09-15T07:57:58.497726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315750 2025-06-13T12:32:30.309947 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315504 2010-07-07T18:10:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 111721 2010-07-07T18:10:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315501 2010-07-07T18:10:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111554 2010-07-07T18:10:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21176 2025-06-13T12:32:53.129769 application/rdf+xml 30218 2025-06-13T12:32:33.337860 image/jpeg 4477 2025-06-13T12:32:33.260857 image/jpeg 13195572 2025-06-13T12:32:32.677907 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog