Bloodletting

Bloodletting/ - , letting/ n. 1. phlebotomy, the act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery. 2. outmoded medical practice used as a cure for illnesses ranging from fevers to hysteri. Bloodletting is a frank, compelling and at times darkly humorous memoir boldly challenging the silence surrounding one of mental health's last taboos. A close relative of bulimia and anorexia, it is estimated that up to 1 per cent of the population has intentionally harmed itself — y