Bloodletting on prescription Yfke Prins, BSc Medicine Much to my surprise, an internist mentioned that the treatment of choice for a patient with polycythemia vera (PV) was bloodletting. I thought I had misunderstood her for a second, but then she repeated her sentence, probably after seeing my puzzled face. She was serious, and, as I discovered that day, bloodletting (also known as phlebotomy) is still applied in the clinic; although, much less frequent than, e.g. during the Middle Ages. … [Lees meer...]
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