Read the text and complete the sentences with the right words. The practice of medical bloodletting — the removal of blood to cure disease — is believed to have originated in ancient Egypt around 3000 BCE. The practice was very dangerous and many people were found to have escape during bloodletting. However, there were also many people who full recoveries after this practice. In the Middle Ages, bloodletting was widely practised in Europe. In 1163, the Church forbade clerics from performing this procedure, so barbers performed bloodletting and other surgical procedures, using instruments such as fleams (blades with handles), lancets (needles), or the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) to suck blood and anaesthetise the wound. The divide between physicians, who gave for medicines, and barber-surgeons, who operated directly the body, only began to close in the 1250s, when doctors such as the Italian Bruno da Longobucco argued that bloodletting should not be left to barber-surgeons alone. Bloodletting then became a central medical tool until the 19th century. It was one of the main treatments used to cure the bubonic plague pandemic, also known as the Black Death. Millions of people across Europe were covered red spots and died after a few days. Today, leeches are still used in some surgeries to remove congested blood, and bloodletting plays a role in treating conditions such as hemochromatosis (a disorder causing an accumulation of excess iron in the blood).

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The practice of medical bloodletting — the removal of blood to cure disease — is believed to have originated in ancient Egypt around 3000 BCE. The practice was very dangerous and many people were found to have [wide|narrow|small|tight] escape during bloodletting. However, there were also many people who [did|created|made|took] full recoveries after this practice. In the Middle Ages, bloodletting was widely practised in Europe. In 1163, the Church forbade clerics from performing this procedure, so barbers performed bloodletting and other surgical procedures, using instruments such as fleams (blades with handles), lancets (needles), or the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) to suck blood and anaesthetise the wound.

The divide between physicians, who gave [receipts|recipes|prescriptions|scripts] for medicines, and barber-surgeons, who operated directly [on|at|in|upon] the body, only began to close in the 1250s, when doctors such as the Italian Bruno da Longobucco argued that bloodletting should not be left to barber-surgeons alone. Bloodletting then became a central medical tool until the 19th century. It was one of the main treatments used to cure the bubonic plague pandemic, also known as the Black Death. Millions of people across Europe were covered [in|at|on|of] red spots and died after a few days.

Today, leeches are still used in some surgeries to remove congested blood, and bloodletting plays a role in treating conditions such as hemochromatosis (a disorder causing an accumulation of excess iron in the blood).

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