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Explain why doctors long ago used bloodletting to treat their patients

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They thought if they let enough blood out, it would get rid of whatever sickness the patient had or the "bad blood". Unfortunately, this was a not safe way to cure someone and bloodletting usually made the problem worse. Some patients even died from blood loss.
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