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English: Leeches were used in bloodletting, a cure intended to balance the four humours. This tube was used to transport leeches from place to place and may have been used to apply them to the body. Leeches were gathered from streams and sold on by apothecaries. Leeches are a type of worm with suckers at both ends of the body; they suck blood until their bodies are engorged. Leeches are sometimes used today following plastic and reconstructive surgery as they help restore blood flow and circulation
Français : Les sangsues médicinales ont été utilisés en remplacement des saignées traditionnelles, en cures destinées à équilibrer les quatre humeurs. Ce tube de verre était utilisé pour forcer la sangsue à se fixer à un point choisi par le médecin ou le garde malade
maker: Unknown maker Place made: England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0058201 Glass leech tube, England, 1801-1900 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0058201 Glass leech tube, England, 1801-1900 |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0058201 Glass leech tube, England, 1801-1900
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Leeches were used in bloodletting, a cure intended to balance the four humours. This tube was used to transport leeches from place to place and may have been used to apply them to the body. Leeches were gathered from streams and sold on by apothecaries. Leeches are a type of worm with suckers at both ends of the body; they suck blood until their bodies are engorged. Leeches are sometimes used today following plastic and reconstructive surgery as they help restore blood flow and circulation. maker: Unknown maker Place made: England, United Kingdom made: 1801-1900 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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