A Gest of Robyn Hode (18)

Publication Date: March 24, 2018

Chapter: English Literature During The Middle Ages

Blood-letting was a common medical practice for over two-thousand years, in which people would voluntarily have their blood withdrawn in an attempt to cure diseases. This was often done as a preventive measure, to get the bugs out of your body before they hurt you. 4This was really, really dumb.

Author: Anonymous • Year: c. 1450 • Info: Wikipedia

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