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'An Old Welsh Custom': What does the bloodletting practice of Torri'r Llech reveal about vernacular medical practice in Wales?

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Torri'r Llech (TLl) (Welsh for 'breaking the rickets') was a bloodletting practice which remained popular in Wales from at least the mid-nineteenth up to the mid-twentieth centuries. The practice involved cutting the ear (pinna) to induce bleeding. Indicati... ...