Leechcraft in nineteenth century British medicine

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-42

  Carter, K C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LEECH; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035154031     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107680109400114     Document Type: Review

References (38)

1. Observations on local bloodletting and methods of practicing it
2. Propagation of the leech
3. Lectures on the principles and practice of physic
4. Clinical lectures
5. Observations on bloodletting from the hemorrhoidal veins
6. On the application of leeches to internal surfaces
7. Remarks on the preservation and management of leeches
8. Medical news
9. Use of leeches in a case of severe periorbital haematoma
10. Treatment of puerperal fever; bloodletting by leeches
11. On the application of leeches to the prostate gland
12. Quotation from Ashwell S. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases Peculiar to Women
13. Of the sanguineous system; abstraction of blood
14. Report of cases at St. Thomas's Hospital
15. Cases of puerperal peritonitis and inflammation of the uterine veins
16. Pregnancy after the excision of the os uteri
17. Medical Lectures
18. Bloodletting
19. A case of haemorrhage, which terminated fatally from the application of a leech
20. Arrest of haemorrhage from leech-bites
21. Cases of ligatures to leech-bites
22. Observations on local and general bloodletting
23. On the treatment of diseases of the uterus
24. JGR
25. Preservation of leeches
26. Propagation of the leech
27. Materia medica
28. On the traffic with leeches
29. A General practitioner
30. Hirudiculture
31. The sale of gorged leeches
32. Trade in leeches
33. On bloodletting