Veterinary bloodletting fleam with three differently sized metal blades which fold into a metal sheath of the same shape. Each blade is long and rectangular with a triangular blade sticking out three quarters of the way up with rounded sides. Each blade turns on a screw attached to the end of the s…
Veterinary bloodletting fleam with three differently sized metal blades which fold into a metal sheath of the same shape. Each blade is long and rectangular with a triangular blade sticking out three quarters of the way up with rounded sides. Each blade turns on a screw attached to the end of the sheath, and can turn almost 360 degrees.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to the donor, Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, MD, PhD, a hematologist and historian who held the Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen's University from 1988 to 2017.
The fleams used for veterinary purposes were placed over the jugular vein of the neck most commonly and inserted with the help of a fleam stick. This was a heavy wooden club used to drive the blade in with a quick motion (so the horse didn’t know what hit him). Fleams were also used on humans to let blood.