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What slimy creature was once used by doctors to drain bad blood from sick patients?
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The leech.
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What cures were tried for the black death?
Doctors thought that the use of leeches would cure the Black Death patients. They also used the "bleeding" technique. These methods were thought to drain the infected blood from the victims.
What slimy creature was once used by doctors to drain bad bloods?
Leaches. While they fell out of use for some time modern medicine now uses leaches to prevent blood from pooling under the skin following certain types of surgery. If this pooled blood were allowed to remain it would interfere with healing.
What does the splenic vein drain?
blood
In the book Fever 1793 why did Dr Kerr drain blood from Lucille?
Dr. Kerr drained blood from Lucille as a common medical practice at that time to release "bad blood" or toxins from the body, in hopes of curing her illness. Bloodletting was believed to rebalance the body's humors and help restore health. However, this practice is not based on scientific evidence and is no longer used in modern medicine.
How does blood drain from the brain?
Pack it with ice. The cold will repel the blood.
What do arteries and veins drain?
Arteries drain (pump blood) into veins. Veins drain into your lungs and heart to be re-oxygenated. (This is not true for veins and arteries to and from your lungs.)
Why are leeches used medically in the reattachment of severed toes and fingers?
After a reattachment surgery, patients can suffer from "venous congestion". This means that blood is being pumped to the area, but cannot be pumped out because the blood vessels in the new digit are too small and delicate to be surgically attached. The leeches are used to drain this trapped blood until the body reconnects the severed blood vessels and can drain the blood on its own.
Where does blood from the venules drain into?
superior and inferior vena cava
What did pioneer doctors use as tools?
Colonial doctors used all wildlife for medicine. This includes walnuts for headaches and cold water for bleeding wounds.
Word that means to drain of blood?
exsanguinate!
What structure does blood returning from the heart muscle drain?
The arteries. Unfortunately this is a badly worded question, but it essentially means from the heart, where does the blood go/drain to?
What are the blood vessels that drain blood directly from the capillary beds?
venule(veins)
