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A Treatiſe on Bleeding.
Besides, Bleeding is a most certain Cure for no less than 21 Disorders, without any other outward or inward applications : And for many more, with application of Bruggs, Herbs, or Flowers, as shall be found necessary thereunto.
When Luna is inclinable, you may Bleed at any Hour, Day, or Night: And when declinable, you must not Bleed but in the Morning.
Bleeding may be performed from March 9th. to Nov. 19th. No Bleeding in December, January, or February, unless a clamant occasion require Let me observe to you, March, April, and November, are the Three chiefest Months of the Year for Bleeding in : but it may be performed with safety, from the 9th. March, to the 19th November, as above spoken. Now, to prevent the prejudices that ariseth from Bleeding, let none open a Vein, but a person of skill. I am surprised to see so many pretended Blonders, or rather Man-slaughterers; and more surprised still to see people trusting themselves into their hands, by their whinning pretensions; for they do not know a Disorder among a hundred, except it be per chance : and, although you tell them the trouble yourself, they do not know what Vein to open! Consequently, they may take a wrong, as soon as a right one. Indeed, they will Launce the one that starts best. And few of them knows the Names Veins bear, which shows ignorance in its deepest dye.
There are three forts of people you must not let them Bleed you: The first are such as I have been speaking of: The second are Trembling Hands, whether skilled, or unskilled : For, when the hand trembles, the Launce may be apt to startle from the Vein
