What specific condition was considered an indication for bloodletting when patients were diagnosed with mental illness?
1. Melancholy
2. Excess excitability
3. Cerebral dysfunction
4. Hereditary weakness
Answer: 2
Explanation: The treatment for melancholy often included stimulants. Excess excitability was often treated with bloodletting or emetics. Symptoms that were attributed to cerebral dysfunction or hereditary predisposition were not usually treated with bloodletting.
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