The Medicinal Leech: Past and Present

Bloodletting in one form or another has been around for over 2,000 years, and leeches were first used medicinally in 200 BC. Upshaw examines the history of the medicinal leech and how doctors today are learning that leeches are still useful in the medical community.

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:The American surgeon 2000-03, Vol.66 (3), p.313-314
Hauptverfasser: Upshaw, John, O'Leary, J. Patrick
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page 314
container_issue 3
container_start_page 313
container_title The American surgeon
container_volume 66
creator Upshaw, John
O'Leary, J. Patrick
description Bloodletting in one form or another has been around for over 2,000 years, and leeches were first used medicinally in 200 BC. Upshaw examines the history of the medicinal leech and how doctors today are learning that leeches are still useful in the medical community.
doi_str_mv 10.1177/000313480006600318
format Article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71075053</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sage_id>10.1177_000313480006600318</sage_id><sourcerecordid>71075053</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c366t-b1e6b97fc51a86d9915bf20f63e26d208c9fdf06a34a683de0904a186026f5dd3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp9kE9LxDAQxYMo7rr6BTxIEfRWd5I0aeJNFv9BxT2s55I2E7dLt12b9uC3t6ULioKnmYHfezPzCDmncENpHM8BgFMeqb5KOfTqgEypECLUivFDMh2AcCAm5MT7TT9GUtBjMqEQC80gnpKr1RqDF7RFXlSmDBLEfH0bLI1vA1PZYNmgx6o9JUfOlB7P9nVG3h7uV4unMHl9fF7cJWHOpWzDjKLMdOxyQY2SVmsqMsfASY5MWgYq1846kIZHRipuETREhioJTDphLZ-R69F319QfHfo23RY-x7I0FdadT-PhcBC8By9_gZu6a_oPfMooUyCYjnqIjVDe1N436NJdU2xN85lSSIcE078J9qKLvXOXbdH-kIyR9cB8BLx5x--1_1h-ATyrdMw</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>212805294</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>The Medicinal Leech: Past and Present</title><source>MEDLINE</source><source>Sage Journals</source><creator>Upshaw, John ; O'Leary, J. Patrick</creator><creatorcontrib>Upshaw, John ; O'Leary, J. Patrick</creatorcontrib><description>Bloodletting in one form or another has been around for over 2,000 years, and leeches were first used medicinally in 200 BC. Upshaw examines the history of the medicinal leech and how doctors today are learning that leeches are still useful in the medical community.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0003-1348</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1555-9823</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1177/000313480006600318</identifier><identifier>PMID: 10759207</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications</publisher><subject>Animals ; Blood ; Bloodletting - history ; Bloodletting - trends ; History ; History of medicine ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Leeches ; Medical procedures ; Parasites</subject><ispartof>The American surgeon, 2000-03, Vol.66 (3), p.313-314</ispartof><rights>2000 Southeastern Surgical Congress</rights><rights>Copyright The Southeastern Surgical Congress Mar 2000</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c366t-b1e6b97fc51a86d9915bf20f63e26d208c9fdf06a34a683de0904a186026f5dd3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c366t-b1e6b97fc51a86d9915bf20f63e26d208c9fdf06a34a683de0904a186026f5dd3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/000313480006600318$$EPDF$$P50$$Gsage$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000313480006600318$$EHTML$$P50$$Gsage$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,21798,27901,27902,43597,43598</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10759207$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Upshaw, John</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>O'Leary, J. Patrick</creatorcontrib><title>The Medicinal Leech: Past and Present</title><title>The American surgeon</title><addtitle>Am Surg</addtitle><description>Bloodletting in one form or another has been around for over 2,000 years, and leeches were first used medicinally in 200 BC. Upshaw examines the history of the medicinal leech and how doctors today are learning that leeches are still useful in the medical community.</description><subject>Animals</subject><subject>Blood</subject><subject>Bloodletting - history</subject><subject>Bloodletting - trends</subject><subject>History</subject><subject>History of medicine</subject><subject>History, 19th Century</subject><subject>History, 20th Century</subject><subject>History, Ancient</subject><subject>Humans</subject><subject>Leeches</subject><subject>Medical procedures</subject><subject>Parasites</subject><issn>0003-1348</issn><issn>1555-9823</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2000</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>EIF</sourceid><sourceid>8G5</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>GUQSH</sourceid><sourceid>M2O</sourceid><recordid>eNp9kE9LxDAQxYMo7rr6BTxIEfRWd5I0aeJNFv9BxT2s55I2E7dLt12b9uC3t6ULioKnmYHfezPzCDmncENpHM8BgFMeqb5KOfTqgEypECLUivFDMh2AcCAm5MT7TT9GUtBjMqEQC80gnpKr1RqDF7RFXlSmDBLEfH0bLI1vA1PZYNmgx6o9JUfOlB7P9nVG3h7uV4unMHl9fF7cJWHOpWzDjKLMdOxyQY2SVmsqMsfASY5MWgYq1846kIZHRipuETREhioJTDphLZ-R69F319QfHfo23RY-x7I0FdadT-PhcBC8By9_gZu6a_oPfMooUyCYjnqIjVDe1N436NJdU2xN85lSSIcE078J9qKLvXOXbdH-kIyR9cB8BLx5x--1_1h-ATyrdMw</recordid><startdate>200003</startdate><enddate>200003</enddate><creator>Upshaw, John</creator><creator>O'Leary, J. Patrick</creator><general>SAGE Publications</general><general>SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC</general><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>4T-</scope><scope>4U-</scope><scope>7QL</scope><scope>7RV</scope><scope>7T7</scope><scope>7U9</scope><scope>7X7</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>88E</scope><scope>88I</scope><scope>8AF</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8FD</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>C1K</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FR3</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>H94</scope><scope>HCIFZ</scope><scope>K9-</scope><scope>K9.</scope><scope>KB0</scope><scope>M0R</scope><scope>M0S</scope><scope>M1P</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>M2P</scope><scope>M7N</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>NAPCQ</scope><scope>P64</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope><scope>7X8</scope></search><sort><creationdate>200003</creationdate><title>The Medicinal Leech: Past and Present</title><author>Upshaw, John ; O'Leary, J. Patrick</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c366t-b1e6b97fc51a86d9915bf20f63e26d208c9fdf06a34a683de0904a186026f5dd3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2000</creationdate><topic>Animals</topic><topic>Blood</topic><topic>Bloodletting - history</topic><topic>Bloodletting - trends</topic><topic>History</topic><topic>History of medicine</topic><topic>History, 19th Century</topic><topic>History, 20th Century</topic><topic>History, Ancient</topic><topic>Humans</topic><topic>Leeches</topic><topic>Medical procedures</topic><topic>Parasites</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Upshaw, John</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>O'Leary, J. Patrick</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Docstoc</collection><collection>University Readers</collection><collection>Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)</collection><collection>ProQuest Nursing &amp; Allied Health Database</collection><collection>Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)</collection><collection>Virology and AIDS Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest Health &amp; Medical Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Medical Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Science Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>STEM Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>Technology Research Database</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Engineering Research Database</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts</collection><collection>SciTech Premium Collection</collection><collection>Consumer Health Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Health &amp; Medical Complete (Alumni)</collection><collection>Nursing &amp; Allied Health Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Consumer Health Database</collection><collection>Health &amp; Medical Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Medical Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Research Library</collection><collection>Science Database</collection><collection>Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>Nursing &amp; Allied Health Premium</collection><collection>Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><jtitle>The American surgeon</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Upshaw, John</au><au>O'Leary, J. Patrick</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The Medicinal Leech: Past and Present</atitle><jtitle>The American surgeon</jtitle><addtitle>Am Surg</addtitle><date>2000-03</date><risdate>2000</risdate><volume>66</volume><issue>3</issue><spage>313</spage><epage>314</epage><pages>313-314</pages><issn>0003-1348</issn><eissn>1555-9823</eissn><abstract>Bloodletting in one form or another has been around for over 2,000 years, and leeches were first used medicinally in 200 BC. Upshaw examines the history of the medicinal leech and how doctors today are learning that leeches are still useful in the medical community.</abstract><cop>Los Angeles, CA</cop><pub>SAGE Publications</pub><pmid>10759207</pmid><doi>10.1177/000313480006600318</doi><tpages>2</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0003-1348
ispartof The American surgeon, 2000-03, Vol.66 (3), p.313-314
issn 0003-1348
1555-9823
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71075053
source MEDLINE; Sage Journals
subjects Animals
Blood
Bloodletting - history
Bloodletting - trends
History
History of medicine
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, Ancient
Humans
Leeches
Medical procedures
Parasites
title The Medicinal Leech: Past and Present
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-02-07T18%3A13%3A44IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20Medicinal%20Leech:%20Past%20and%20Present&rft.jtitle=The%20American%20surgeon&rft.au=Upshaw,%20John&rft.date=2000-03&rft.volume=66&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=313&rft.epage=314&rft.pages=313-314&rft.issn=0003-1348&rft.eissn=1555-9823&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/000313480006600318&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E71075053%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=212805294&rft_id=info:pmid/10759207&rft_sage_id=10.1177_000313480006600318&rfr_iscdi=true