BLOODLETTING

n. Blu3d'le?t-ti?ng. Gr., aivegis [Aretæus]. Lat., mi io (seu detractio) sanguinis. Fr., saignée, émi ion sanguine. Ger., Blutla en, Bluten ziehung. It.,sala o. Sp., sangria, Syn.: dleediig. The withdrawal of blood from the body for therapeutic purposes.—Generalb. Ger., all gem eine Blutentziehung. The withdrawal of blood from an artery or a large vein, so as to effect a reduction of the general ma of the blood. See ARTERI- OTOMY and VENESECTION.—Local b. Ger., drtliche Blutentziehung. ‘The ab traction of blood from the diseased part or in its immediate neighborhood, as by scarification, leeching, or cupping.—Revnlsive b. B. äutlscd for the purpose of arresting internal hæmorrhage. [A, 821.]