2. Blood-letting is quick in its operation, and may be accommodated to the rapidity of fever, when it manifests itself in apoplexy, palsy, and syncope.
3. It is under the command of a physician. He may bleed when and where he pleases, and may suit the quantity of blood he draws, exactly to the condition of his patient's system.
4. It may be performed with the least attendance of nurses or friends. This is of great importance to the poor at all times, and to the rich during the prevalence of mortal epidemics.
5. It disturbs the system much less than any of the other modes of depleting, and therefore is best accommodated to that state of the system, in which patients are in danger of fainting or dying upon being moved.
6. It is a more delicate depleting remedy than most of those which have been mentioned, particularly vomits, purges, and a salivation.
7. There is no immediate danger to life from its use. Patients have sometimes died under the operation of vomits and purges, but I never saw nor heard an instance of a patient's dying in a fainty fit, brought on by bleeding.
8. It is less weakening, when used to the extent that is necessary to cure, than the same degrees of vomiting, purging, and sweating.
9. Convalescence is more rapid and more perfect after bleeding, than after the successful use of any of the other evacuating remedies.