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Hirudotherapy

  • Gileva O
  • Mumcuoglu K
Springer Netherlands, (2013), 31-76
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6585-6_3
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Abstract

Hirudotherapy – the use of medicinal leeches for curative purposes – is one of the oldest practices in medicine, dating back to the Stone Age. Over the years, the use of leeches has evolved from a simple blood-letting procedure into a scientifically-based...

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Gileva, O. S., & Mumcuoglu, K. Y. (2013). Hirudotherapy. In Biotherapy - History, Principles and Practice (pp. 31–76). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6585-6_3

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