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  2. Phlebotomy - Wikipedia

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    Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein, usually in the arm, with a cannula for the purpose of drawing blood. [1] The procedure itself is known as a venipuncture , which is also used for intravenous therapy .

  3. Bloodletting - Wikipedia

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    Therapeutic phlebotomy refers to the drawing of a unit of blood in specific cases like hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, porphyria cutanea tarda, etc., to reduce the number of red blood cells. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The traditional medical practice of bloodletting is today considered to be a pseudoscience .

  4. Timeline of medicine and medical technology - Wikipedia

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    1845 – John Hughes Bennett first describes leukemia as a blood disorder. 1846 – First painless surgery with general anesthetic. 1847 – Ignaz Semmelweis discovers how to prevent puerperal fever. 1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to gain a medical degree in the United States.

  5. History of medicine - Wikipedia

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    A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.

  6. Timeline of scientific discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The following dates are approximations. 700 BC: Pythagoras's theorem is discovered by Baudhayana in the Hindu Shulba Sutras in Upanishadic India. [18] However, Indian mathematics, especially North Indian mathematics, generally did not have a tradition of communicating proofs, and it is not fully certain that Baudhayana or Apastamba knew of a proof.

  7. Phlebotomy licensure - Wikipedia

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    Phlebotomy licensure is the process by which various regulatory bodies regulate the practice of phlebotomy within its jurisdiction through licensure. In many countries a license is not required, or is obtained through other broader qualifications (such as a medical license), while in others, professional phlebotomists are separately licensed.

  8. Fossils of mankind's earliest ancestor discovered in England

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    While sifting through rocks and fossils in England, paleontologists discovered two teeth belonging to two different critters living 145 million years ago.

  9. History of general anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    The first historical achievement in anesthesia occurred around 4000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia. [5] [10] [33] [34] [35] This was the advent of Ethanol(commonly known as ‘drinking alcohol’), the first general anaesthetic agent.