title: A rationale for centuries of therapeutic bloodletting: antipyretic therapy for febrile diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Kasting
mesh_terms: D001815:Bloodletting / Q000266:history*; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male