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Bloodletting
Known as:
blood letting
, therapeutic phlebotomy
, venesection
Puncture of a vein to draw blood for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting therapy has been used in Talmudic and Indian medicine since the medieval time…
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Hematologic Tests
Surgical incisions
Therapeutic procedure
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1998
1998
Long‐term therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of recombinant interferon‐alpha 2a in polycythaemia vera
P. Foa
,
P. Massaro
,
+6 authors
A. Maiolo
1998
Corpus ID: 72468791
Abstract: We report on long‐term therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of recombinant interferon‐alpha 2a (rIFN‐alpha) in a series of…
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1986
1986
Galen on Bloodletting: A Study of the Origins, Development and Validity of his Opinions, with a Translation of the Three Works
P. Brain
1986
Corpus ID: 73356167
Preface Notes 1. Galen and his system: an introduction 2. Galen's Book on Venesection against Erasistratus (translation) 3. Galen…
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Review
1983
Review
1983
[Vascular complications of polycythemia].
Y. Najean
,
C. Dresch
,
O. Poirier
Annales de medecine interne
1983
Corpus ID: 32665471
The vascular risk factors of patients with polycythemia rubra vera was assessed by reviewing the results of international…
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1981
1981
Family practice history: bloodletting.
Peter Curtis
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille…
1981
Corpus ID: 32937781
For 2000 years bloodletting was an accepted form of treatment. During this time, the indications and philosophical basis for…
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1978
1978
Comparison of chemical composition of peritoneal fluid and serum: a method for monitoring dialysis patients and a tool for assessing binding to serum proteins in vivo.
J. Kelton
,
R. Ulan
,
C. Stiller
,
E. Holmes
Annals of Internal Medicine
1978
Corpus ID: 207537207
It is hypothesized that peritoneal fluid might be used as an alternative vehicle for monitoring the clinical chemistry of…
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1965
1965
Effect of Venesection on Arterial Gas Values and Ventilatory Function in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis
D. Massaro
,
S. Katz
1965
Corpus ID: 71630650
Thephysician facedwitha patient seriously ill withchronic bronchitis often feels obliged touse alltherapeutic measures, including…
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1963
1963
THE TREATMENT OF HAEMOCHROMATOSIS WITH DESFERRIOXAMINE.
F. Woehler
Acta Haematologica
1963
Corpus ID: 46779839
1961
1961
Hemochromatosis and heart failure: presentation of a case with survival after three years' treatment by repeated venesection.
S. Grosberg
Annals of Internal Medicine
1961
Corpus ID: 32785265
Excerpt INTRODUCTION Since Trousseau1first described hemochromatosis, much has been written about the disease, as to both its…
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1956
1956
Influence of moderate changes in blood volume on urine flow.
G. D. Zuidema
,
N. Clarke
,
J. Reeves
,
Otto H. Gauer
,
James P. Henry
American Journal of Physiology
1956
Corpus ID: 20141125
Increased filling of thoracic circulation produces a diuresis, while decreased thoracic filling causes oliguria. The validity of…
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1937
1937
THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF VENESECTION IN POLYCYTHEMIA
D. J. Stephens
,
N. Kaltreider
1937
Corpus ID: 53879882
Excerpt Although venesection has been used for many years as an emergency measure in erythremia, its general use as a therapeutic…
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