THE USE OF LEECHES
RETURNING TO POPULARITY STATEMENT AT INQUEST LONDON, October 22. (Received Oct. 22, at 10 p.m.) " Back to the old practice of bleeding? " queried the -oroner of Dr Keith Simpson, pathologist, at an inquest after the doctor had stated that the patient was bled to relieve high blood pressure. " Yes," replied the doctor, whereupon the Daily Mail's medical correspondent comments that the use of leeches to relieve an overburdened or inflamed organ such as the liver or heart is returning to popularity.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22709, 23 October 1935, Page 10
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85THE USE OF LEECHES Otago Daily Times, Issue 22709, 23 October 1935, Page 10
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