Change of type as an explanation for the decline of therapeutic bloodletting

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Carter, K Codell ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Bloodletting Controversy; John Hughes Bennett; Therapeutic bloodletting; William Pultney Alison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFLICT; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; PNEUMONIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOODLETTING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76949094141     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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