Project Gutenberg 2010-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 392 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://www.gutenberg.org/files/33102/33102-h/images/cover.jpg en Phlebotomy -- Instruments -- Catalogs Phlebotomy -- History National Museum of History and Technology RM Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 407311 407313 2024-09-14T05:50:54.783718 2023-09-14T10:37:18.317286 text/html 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 12782179 2024-09-14T05:51:07.508656 application/epub+zip 12766003 2024-09-14T05:50:57.166768 application/epub+zip 195829 2024-09-14T05:50:55.719719 application/epub+zip 12865695 2024-09-14T05:51:14.572614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12802239 2024-09-14T05:51:04.636703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292437 2022-09-15T07:57:58.497726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315750 315650 2024-09-14T05:50:52.956751 2023-09-14T10:37:16.785292 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 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 20886 2024-09-14T05:51:14.783626 application/rdf+xml 30218 2024-09-14T05:50:55.874705 image/jpeg 4477 2024-09-14T05:50:55.796707 image/jpeg 13196864 2024-09-14T05:50:55.280730 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog