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The [[Talmud]] recommended specific day of the week and days of the month for bloodletting, and similar rules, though less codified, can be found among [[Christian]] writings advising which saint's days were favourable for bloodletting. [[Islam]]ic authors too advised boodletting, particularly in fevers, and when Islamic theories became known in the Latin-speaking countries of Europe, bloodletting became more widespread.
The venesection itself was often recommended by [[physician]]s but carried out by [[
The practice continued throughout the [[Middle Ages]] but began to be questioned in the sixteenth century, particularly in northern Europe and the Netherlands. In France, the court and university physicians advocated frequent phlebotomy. In England, the efficacy of bloodletting was hotly debated, declining throughout the eighteenth century, and briefly revived for treating tropical fevers in the nineteenth century. [[Benjamin Rush]] was notorious in the [[United States]] for the copious bloodletting he practiced.
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