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To: peyton randolph

Did the leeches work?


40 posted on 01/03/2006 12:56:31 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
Did the leeches work?

He died.

43 posted on 01/03/2006 12:57:51 PM PST by peyton randolph (<a href="http://clinton.senate.gov/">shrew</a>)
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To: mlc9852

"Did the leeches work?"

Nope. They did little good, and often much harm. The "bleeding" cure is only useful in Polycythemia Vera, a disease where the body creates too many red blood cells. It's rare, and it's unlikely that Washington had it.


44 posted on 01/03/2006 1:00:30 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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