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100 1 _aDavis, Audrey B.,
_d1934-
245 1 0 _aBloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2010-07-07
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net.
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPhlebotomy -- Instruments -- Catalogs
653 _aPhlebotomy -- History
653 _aNational Museum of History and Technology
700 1 _aAppel, Toby A.,
_d1945-
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33102
999 _c73948
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