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Leeching

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    Quacks and cures : Friday 4 June, 19.00-23.00 / conceived and curated by Alex Julyan for Wellcome Collection.

    Julyan, Alex. | Date: 2010
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    M0007011: Manuscript page from Le Régime du corps depicting the practice of leeching

    | Date: 22 July 1940 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/59/100
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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    A treatise on the utility of sangui-suction, or, : Leech bleeding, in the treatment of a great variety of diseases : including the opinions of eminent practitioners, ancient and modern : with instructions for the process of leeching, and an appendix, delineating the characteristic distinction of true leeches : with directions for their management and preservation / by Rees Price.

    Price, Rees. | Date: 1822
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    On cutting off the tails of leeches / by S.M.

    Merriman, Samuel, 1771-1852. | Date: [1816]
    • Ephemera

    Quacks and cures : Friday 10 July, 19.00-23.00 / conceived and curated by Alex Julyan for Wellcome Collection.

    Julyan, Alex. | Date: 2009
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