The Cellar - View Single Post - 10/2/2002: Illustration of bloodletting devices

Undertoad · 10-02-2002, 11:55 AM

I forgot to note, the illustration was made at the time - it's not a modern illustration of ancient devices.

I keep thinking of other questions. Did bloodletting depend on the power of placebo to make people feel better? If so, would not its power be greater with the addition of faith? How did the church get along with medicine at the time?

10-02-2002, 11:55 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I forgot to note, the illustration was made at the time - it's not a modern illustration of ancient devices. I keep thinking of other questions. Did bloodletting depend on the power of placebo to make people feel better? If so, would not its power be greater with the addition of faith? How did the church get along with medicine at the time?