Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Medicine in Medieval England.
The surgical opening of a vein to withdraw blood, used as a treatment to balance the humours.
Phlebotomy appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Medicine in Britain and the Western Front, especially Medicine in Medieval England and Case Study: The Black Death.
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