Venesection
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bleeding · blood taken from veins · opening the vein · venesection
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Aphorisms
A therapeutic bloodletting procedure recommended for various conditions and timed by season
Venesection cures dysuria;
Strangury and dysuria are cured by drinking pure wine, and venesection;
Those ruptures in the back which spread down to the elbows are removed by venesection.