El papel de la fisiología femenina en los tratados sobre la flebotomía de Galeno

Resumen

Though phlebotomy is a well-documented practice since Hippocrates, only after Galen has its use become widespread in all types of diseases. Both in the configuration of the theory explaining its beneficial effects and in the particulars of its practice, women were especially relevant as clinical cases. In this article, the presence of women in Galen's treatises on phlebotomy will be examined, in order to establish if the arguments concerning female physiology on which the author grounds this practice actually justify the treatment.