Avicenna’s Medicine
Avicenna was a renowned Persian scientist and doctor born in what is today Uzbekistan (then part of Iran) in 980 C.E. His most important work...
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Bloodletting Treatments
Bloodletting aims to remove toxins that have built up in capillary veins by making small incisions then using a vacuum (cupping) to draw the blood out...
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Cupping
Cupping has been in use since 1550 B.C.E and uses cups of different sizes to create a vacuum over the skin which greatly increases blood flow and...
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Leeching (Hirudotherapy)
Leeches are animals with suckers on both the fore and aft ends and which they use to suck up to 8 times their bodyweight in blood (5-15ml)...
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