Phulbotomy Research Paper

Phlebotomy never required anyone who performed the procedure, to have schooling to be known as a “phlebotomist” until the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) was established in the year 1988. Phlebotomy also known as bloodletting is one of the oldest medical practices dating all the way back through thousands of years and connected to many different cultures such as the Greeks, the Mayans, and the Egyptians. The purpose was to cure a person suffering from some kind of disease or condition such as pneumonia, inflammation, or even herpes. The patient was then pierced or cut with a sharp tool then drained of probably what were several ounces of blood.

History shows that the farthest date of phlebotomy being performed dates back …show more content…
For those who may not know what a lancet is, it is described as a short and wide pointed blade. Venesection managed to survive into the first part of the 20th century. During those days, there were four most commonly used bloodletting methods practiced by doctors. The first was said to be the continued use of leeches. The second was called arteriotomy, which is a process where the arteries in the temples would be ruptured and bled. The third was phlebotomy, commonly known back then as “breathing a vein”, where a large vein would be cut, to draw blood. The last was scarification which is said to be a particularly stomach-tossing method that involved one of a varied set of tools such as spring-loaded lancets and a round, mutli-bladed, and spring-loaded device known as a …show more content…
The answer is pretty simple. Ancient bloodletting was used to treat and prevent almost every disease or condition imaginable, but as the study of medicine developed, bloodletting was acknowledged by more progressive doctors as well as other medical experts as ineffective or even fatal even though the purpose of it was to be a cure or a remedy for the diseases. Modern bloodletting, commonly called phlebotomy now, is used to treat specific medical conditions however, now in this century; phlebotomy is used to treat conditions that it has been tested against and successfully proven to ease the symptoms of the conditions. Research of all the methods of bloodletting could someday improve the quality of life for patients in the sense of cholesterol, blood pressure or blood glucose levels for people suffering from metabolic