https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_du_seigneur
http://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-bloodletting
The practice of bloodletting began around 3000 years ago with the Egyptians, then continued with the Greeks and Romans, the Arabs and Asians, then spread through Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It reached its peak in Europe in the 19th century but subsequently declined and today in Western medicine is used only for a few select conditions.
http://www.bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting
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