Venesection is used in severe secondary polycythaemia ( because of hypoxia ), which improves symptoms though survival rate has not been proven to increase . Finally, transplantation of single / double lung in extreme cases of cor pulmonale is also an option.
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However, around this time, Hahnemann was engaged in a dispute, often acrimonious, with most of the homeopaths in Leipzig, over the mixing of homeopathic and allopathic methods ( " venesection, leeches, emetics, laxatives, etc . " ).
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The most common was " phlebotomy ", or " venesection " ( often called " breathing a vein " ), in which blood was drawn from one or more of the larger external veins, such as those in the forearm or neck.
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Disease could arise when there was an overabundance or " plethora " in a given humour and this necessitated its removal from the body through venesection, purging, or a reduction in dietary intake . | group = n } } had a reputation for conservatism that was neither unearned nor, given the questionable benefit of some therapeutic innovations, necessarily ill-conceived in every instance.
