Bloodletting [pouštění žilou]

topical
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Definition

Puncture of a vein to draw blood for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting therapy has been used in Talmudic and Indian medicine since the medieval time, and was still practiced widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. Its modern counterpart is PHLEBOTOMY.

Annotation
restrict to hist articles or hist contexts: modern counterpart is PHLEBOTOMY
pouze pro historické články nebo historický kontext: moderní analogií je FLEBOTOMIE
DUI
D001815 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0002733

E Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
E01 Diagnosis 1 793
E02 Therapeutics 2 577
E02.800 Punctures 364
E02.800.558 Phlebotomy 43
E02.800.558.500 Bloodletting 24
E06 Dentistry 1 676