Bloodletting making a comeback? And having actual benefits this time?

lesuorac a day ago | parent | next [-]

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].

	▲	lelandfe a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Although PFAS is helping bloodletting make a comeback https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/bloodletting...
	▲	dumbmrblah 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I really love the pedantry, thanks for the laugh

mrhottakes a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It never went away; now they call it "therapeutic phlebotomy"

jenkinstrigger a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

me to the plague doctors: we are SO back

Medical leeches are actually a real thing.