Barbers and phlebotomists in Granada: rules and society in the XVII and XVIII centuries

The barbers and phlebotomists were perhaps the most characteristic professionals of empirical practice in medicine in modern Spain. Their work was associated with a medical technique: 'Bleeding', which was the cause of dramatic battles between pro-bleeding and anti-bleeding groups which fo...

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Main Author: Manuel Amezcua Martínez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Alicante 1997-06-01
Series:Cultura de los Cuidados
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Online Access:https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/1997-n1-barberos-y-sangradores-flebotomianos-en-granada-norma-y-sociedad-en-los-siglos-xvii-y-xviii