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Forum: The Books
09-26-2006, 03:37 AM
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Further thoughtsninja91, the fact that we now know something to be an appropriate leechdom doesn't mean that it was common practice in medieval medicine. It occurs to me that if Imrahil wanted leeches (the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-25-2006, 06:24 AM
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Leeches, as pointed out above, were primarily...Leeches, as pointed out above, were primarily used to bleed patients, but not to relieve internal pressures. They were used to correct imbalances of the humours, which are entirely mythical... |
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Forum: The Books
09-25-2006, 05:23 AM
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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh
Better late than neverThe English term derives from the Old English word læce, hence læcedom ('treatment, cure') and læcecræft (the practice of medicine). For the sake of comparison, one of the Old English words for the... |
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