Prior to the eighteenth century, doctors believed that a person suffering from a chronic illness had an imbalance of body fluids. as a result, they would remove some of the patient’s blood to even out the fluids in a process called bloodletting. which statement most likely describes a way that modern societal decisions were impacted by the scientific research of eighteenth-century doctors? bloodletting was proven to prevent illnesses and is widely used now. bloodletting was shown to be and was discontinued. doctors used to believe that bloodletting was . doctors continue to do much research on bloodletting.