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Leeches have been applied to the parts mentioned, and over the mastoid processes have sometimes been used with advantage, but their depletory surpasses their revulsive action, and is, so far, injurious.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various