Bloodletting

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.

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Tree Number(s): E02.800.558.500

MeSH Unique ID: D001815

See Also:

• Phlebotomy

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Punctures
Phlebotomy
Bloodletting