SC - four humours/food

[J C Ronsen]

At 01:18 AM 5/1/00 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 4/30/00 9:46:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, LrdRas at aol.com
>writes:
>
> > << he doctors who wrote about these humors also wrote that you only
> >   let blood on Tuesdays and Wednesdays because those days belonged to 
> Mars.
>Also, does anyone know if there was a real, physical reason
>why bloodletting was more effective on certain days?
>
>Balthazar of Blackmoor


Speaking as a former Paramedic, there is no good day for bloodletting. 
Blood is a vital part of your body and you only have so much of it. That is 
one of the reasons why you are only allowed to give blood once every eight 
weeks, and that is only one pint. If you have ever given blood, you will 
know that it does take a while to recover from the loss of fluids. Image if 
you will how you would feel after giving the same amount of blood four to 
six times over the course of two days. There are medical reasons where is 
it necessary to bleed a patient but the practice was the first choice of 
treatment for every illness and at every opportunity; the death rate was 
staggering.


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