Hemotherapy: From bloodletting magic to transfusion medicine

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-168

  Schmidt, Paul J ^a   Ness, Paul M ^b  

^a Florida Blood Services   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LEECHING; PHLEBOTOMY; PLASMAPHERESIS; SCIENCE; HISTORY; SURGEON;

BARBER SURGEONS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODLETTING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY;

EID: 33644851344     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Editorial

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