PMTP (LEC) UNIT 1 Flashcards
Four humors
Earth – blood, brain
Air – phlegm, lung
Fire – black bile, spleen
Water – yellow bile, gall bladder
Another term for phlebotomy
Venesection
Done to bring the body into proper balance, to
get rid of evil spirits and cleanse the body of
impurities
Venesection
Process of collecting blood through vein
Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is derived from two Greek Words
Phlebos - vein; temnein - to cut
Cutting into a vein with a sharp instrument releasing blood
Venesection
Done to bring the body PROPER BALANCE, GET RID OF EVIL SPIRIT, CLEANSE THE BODY OF IMPURITIES
Venesection
when art of bloodletting became recognized
5th Century Greece
to remove blood from donor
transfusion
removal of blood for polycythemia
therapeutic purposes
disease caused by high number of RBCs
Polycythemia
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
T/F: the removal of excess humor through bloodletting must be performed to keep the balance
True
Form of phlebotomy practices by egyptian
Bloodletting
Academic surgeons
Surgeons of the Long Robe
Surgeons that are not allowed by the law to do any surgery except: BLOODLETTING, WOUND SURGERY, CUPPING, LEECHING, SHAVING, TOOTH EXTRACTION, ENEMA ADMINISTRATION
Surgeons of the short robe
what does red stripes represent
Blood
what does white stripe represents
bandages - also used as tourniquets
what does the pole represents
Stick the patient would squeeze to dilate the veins
what does the bleeding represents
used to collect blood from patient
the time phlebotomy was treated as a major therapeutic process by using lancet
17th and Early 18th century
Most prevalent instrument in the 17th and early 18th century
Lancet
Lancet is also known as
Fleams
Wide double-edged blade at right angles to the handle
Typical Fleam
Same procedure done to prior packgaing of apparatus/materials for blood collection
Autoclave
method that uses leeches for blood letting
Leeching
Other term for Leeching
Hirudotheraphy
T/F Leeches inject vasodilator, anesthetic, and hirduin
True