History of bloodletting by phlebotomy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-495

  Parapia, Liakat Ali ^a,b  

^a Bradford University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodletting; History; Medical instruments; Phlebotomy; Venesection

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLERA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVULSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; GOUT; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; LEECH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBESITY; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BLOODLETTING; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART;

EID: 54849423470     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07361.x     Document Type: Review

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