Difference between revisions of "Bloodletting"

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[[File:Bloodletting_scene_by_N._Keyland,_1922_Wellcome_L0016600.jpg|400px|thumb|left|''"Now once I collect this blood, I'm just going to discard it.  We'll keep repeating until you need a transfusion, okay?"'']]
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[[File:Bloodletting_scene_by_N._Keyland,_1922_Wellcome_L0016600.jpg|400px|thumb|right|''"Now once I collect this blood, I'm just going to discard it.  We'll keep repeating until you need a transfusion, okay?"'']]
  
 
'''Bloodletting''' refers to the intended [[Blood Transfusion|bleeding]] of a patient for therapeutic purposes.  It is hardly used these days, though modern-day [[Phlebotomy|phlebotomy]] bears a close resemblance.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/06/thawed-medieval-surgeon-still-prescribing-too-much-bloodletting-despite-all-the-evidence/ Thawed Medieval Surgeon Still Prescribing Too Much Bloodletting Despite All the Evidence]</ref>
 
'''Bloodletting''' refers to the intended [[Blood Transfusion|bleeding]] of a patient for therapeutic purposes.  It is hardly used these days, though modern-day [[Phlebotomy|phlebotomy]] bears a close resemblance.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/06/thawed-medieval-surgeon-still-prescribing-too-much-bloodletting-despite-all-the-evidence/ Thawed Medieval Surgeon Still Prescribing Too Much Bloodletting Despite All the Evidence]</ref>

Revision as of 18:10, 2 March 2017

"Now once I collect this blood, I'm just going to discard it. We'll keep repeating until you need a transfusion, okay?"

Bloodletting refers to the intended bleeding of a patient for therapeutic purposes. It is hardly used these days, though modern-day phlebotomy bears a close resemblance.[1]


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  1. Thawed Medieval Surgeon Still Prescribing Too Much Bloodletting Despite All the Evidence


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