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Renaissance Treatment – Bleeding & Purging
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Bleeding
and
purging
are very popular to treat
illness. The
Theory of the
Four Humours
is still used so
bleeding
and
purging
are used to correct the
balance.
King
Charles II
was bled and
purged.
Rhubarb
were used to purge
bowels
during the
Great
Plague
and didn’t work, just
weakened
them.