#leeches

Stories tagged “leeches” in the Weird Science History archive — 2 stories connected by this topic.

• The Doctor Who Prescribed 30 Leeches for Everything — and the Paris Dresses Embroidered in His Honor
• The Twelve Leeches That Were Supposed to Ring a Bell When a Storm Was Coming

Related topics: #bloodletting #François Broussais #Great Exhibition #hirudin #Hirudo medicinalis #invention #meteorology #Pierre Louis