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  2. Vacutainer - Wikipedia

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    A range of Vacutainer tubes containing blood. A vacutainer blood collection tube is a sterile glass or plastic test tube with a colored rubber stopper creating a vacuum seal inside of the tube, facilitating the drawing of a predetermined volume of liquid. Vacutainer tubes may contain additives designed to stabilize and preserve the specimen ...

  3. Bloodletting - Wikipedia

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    Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. Bloodletting, whether by a physician or by leeches , was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as " humours " that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health.

  4. The Best Vampire Movies of All Time - AOL

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    Dracula, released in the U.S. as Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion, is violent, too, as seen when Lee rushes in, bloodshot eyes nearly as red as the blood dripping from his fangs, and reveals ...

  5. Phlebotomy - Wikipedia

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    A phlebotomy draw station is a place where blood is drawn from patients for laboratory testing, transfusions, donations, or research purposes. The blood is typically drawn via venipuncture or a finger stick by a healthcare professional such as a phlebotomist , nurse , or medical assistant . [ 21 ]

  6. Venipuncture - Wikipedia

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    There are times when a blood culture collection is required. The culture will determine if there are pathogens in the blood. Normally blood is sterile. When drawing blood from cultures use a sterile solution such as Betadine rather than alcohol. This is done using sterile gloves, while not wiping away the surgical solution, touching the ...

  7. Bloodstain pattern analysis - Wikipedia

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    Bloodstain pattern analysis has been used informally for centuries, but the first modern study of blood stains was in 1895. Dr. Eduard Piotrowski of the University of Kraków published a paper titled "On the formation, form, direction, and spreading of blood stains after blunt trauma to the head."

  8. Kenneth Moir - Wikipedia

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    [6] Below the knight's helmet are three Moor heads in their gore cut proper with blood dripping arranged in a perfect triangle. To draw away attention from the triangular symmetry and to the answer the question why three over the centuries arose the saying: "One Christian Moir slew three pagan Moors." [7]

  9. Chinese water torture - Wikipedia

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    Chinese water torture, or use of a dripping machine, [1] is a mentally painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged period of time. [1] The process causes fear and mental deterioration of the subject.