[a8da6b0c91d]

Bloodletting is not ineffective at all. If you have a dangerous bacterial infection, and have no sulfa drugs and no modern antibiotics, bloodletting is a good idea. You are reducing iron availability. Human tissue can cope with low iron. Bacteria need quite a bit of it critically to reproduce.

[FreeFull]

On the other hand, you're weakening your patient's body in a way that likely isn't good for their immune system.

[Xeoncross]

Sounds like Chemo