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Classic Maya bloodletting and the cultural evolution of religious rituals: quantifying patterns of variation in hieroglyphic texts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Religious rituals that are painful or highly stressful are hypothesized to be costly signs of commitment essential for the evolution of complex society.
Jessica Munson +3 more
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Bloodletting. Medical dead end or an incessant inspiration for modern nephrology. Part 2. [PDF]
, 2023 Nowadays bloodletting is used as a treatment of polycythemia and hemochromatosis. However, for centuries it was used to treat numerous other disorders, mostly without any justification.
Wołyniec, Wojciech; Department of Nephrology, Pomeranian Hospitals in Gdynia; Department of Occupational, Metabolic and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Gdańsk
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Family Practice History: Bloodletting [PDF]
, 1981 For 2000 years bloodletting was an accepted form of treatment. During this time, the indications and philosophical basis for lancing, cupping, and the application of leeches evolved in conjunction with advances in anatomy and physiology. In the late 19th
Curtis, Peter
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017 Background Cerebral edema, erupting simultaneously with severe ischemic stroke, might lead to increased intracranial pressure, cerebral herniation, and ultimately death.
Nannan Yu +7 more
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Hirudotherapy in Medicine and Dentistry [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 The concept of Unani medicine is based on balancing body humours, the imbalance of which causes diseases. The application of leech therapy in medical and dental science is well recognized. Although easy and non-invasive, complications also exist.
Kunal Jha +3 more
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The Emperor’s New Clothes—An Epistemological Critique of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Acupuncture
Animals, 2019 Within the last few decades, complementary and alternative medicines have gained increased popularity in the veterinary field. Although many authors have exposed the scientific fallacies and historical misconceptions used to justify such therapies, those
Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana
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The ancient surgical bloodletting method of arteriotomy [PDF]
, 2011 Methods of bloodletting were widely known in antiquity and were used for the cure of numerous illnesses and symptoms, caused mainly by the supposed excess of blood in the body.
Vassilios Thomaidis +5 more
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Rescue vitrectomy with blocked artery massage and bloodletting for branch retinal artery occlusion
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 A 61-year-old male suffered from sudden blurred vision and superior visual field defect oculus dexter. His vision was counting fingers at 20 cm. Fundoscopy demonstrated inferior pale retina and a large embolus located at the proximal inferior retinal ...
Chun-Ju Lin +5 more
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