Our ancestors, the Year Book says, made a habit of being bled every spring and autumn. At about this time of year ten or twelve ounces of blood were taken from them with the lancet, and nosebleeds and autumn fluxes were taken as signs that the body needed it. By 1832 the practice had been given up in favour of a few gentle purges when the chilly weather set in.
Bleeding at the Fall
Printed under 26 October
No longer kept
To be blooded at "spring and fall" was the custom of our ancestors; and about this time from ten to twelve ounces of blood used annually to be taken away by the lancet.
From Hone's Year Book, cols. 1255-1256. Read the original
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