[f. LEECH sb.2] trans. To apply leeches to medicinally. Also absol.
1828. G. Ewing, in Mem. (1847), xiv. 5. I was leeched and bled in the arm and am almost quite well.
1834. Forbes, Laennec’s Dis. Chest (ed. 4), 427. The patient was bled and leeched with relief.
1861. Geo. Eliot, Silas M., xvi. When I’m leeching or poulticing.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 346. The protruding tongue must be leeched.
