Venesection in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure, Erythremia, Aortic Aneurysm and Hemochromatosis

1 November 1953

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine

Vol. 14 (5) , 403-409
https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1953.11711487

Abstract

This article presents a reminder of the fact that removing blood from patients is an important therapeutic adjunct in a restricted group of diseases. In some instances venesection may represent definitive therapy of great and lasting value.

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