It's popularity in the medical community largely declined during the 19th century, but some medical textbooks still recommended it as late as 1923. And to get technical, it is still used today, though only for very specific conditions.
If it's just that the blood needs cleaned, leeches are still widely used even in hospitals. Those little guys just know what they're doing lol. But certain conditions like hemochromatosis, where the body stores too much iron and can't get rid of it, are still treated almost exclusively by bloodletting. We just call it phlebotomy now lol.
It's popularity in the medical community largely declined during the 19th century, but some medical textbooks still recommended it as late as 1923. And to get technical, it is still used today, though only for very specific conditions.
Weird that bloodletting is still used today.
Is new blood infused to replace the blood that they are leaking?
Do you think it actually makes sense?
Or is it one of those popular nonsense things?
If it's just that the blood needs cleaned, leeches are still widely used even in hospitals. Those little guys just know what they're doing lol. But certain conditions like hemochromatosis, where the body stores too much iron and can't get rid of it, are still treated almost exclusively by bloodletting. We just call it phlebotomy now lol.
Ah okay.. so it does serve a medical purpose sometimes 👍