July 13, 2023
The term nostalgia was coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 to describe the homesick condition of Swiss mercenaries abroad. He recommended laxatives, narcotics, bloodletting, or, if all else failed, letting them go home.
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What Was the Science Behind Medical Bloodletting?
“The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile,” begins a text attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. Regarded as the father of modern medicine, he is often the subject of legend rather than fact; of the near-60 medical writings that bear his name, it is
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