"Bloodletting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.800.558.500
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Erythrapheresis in patients with polycythaemia secondary to hypoxic lung disease. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1983 Apr 16; 286(6373):1284.