Phlebotomy apart from being the world’s first medical practices is also considered as being the cruelest. It might appear shocking that these ways and procedures of phlebotomy are still being carried out up to the current date. This term of Phlebotomy means blood letting or blood drawing. Therefore Phlebotomy is a medical procedure which is practiced for drawing blood from an individual which might be considered harmful for the health of an individual.
How did Phlebotomy Began:
This term of Phlebotomy has got its origin from several different ancient cultures which include the Mesopotamians, Greeks and the Mayans. One can very well imagine the tools used for the operating patients at time would have been crude. How were they able to cut in to the human body? The tools used for this purpose were the “Lancet” or the “Fleam”. From the pictures shared you can very well imagine that these tools used with in the ancient times do not resemble the tool used in the modern times of today.
Apart from this other tools used which were used included the “Scarification and Cupping”. These tools had a brunch of tiny razors blades which were used in order to cut in to the surface of the skin and leech or suck the patient’s blood.
