The treatment for haemochromatosis is centred on venesection, which is the removal of blood. It is very much like donating blood, however, during venesection the excess iron is removed from the blood.

Information The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 174Number 8February 24, 1916 Pages263-267 ...

Patients generally require a maintenance treatment known as phlebotomy or venesection which is similar to giving blood and helps reduce the amount of iron in the body. NHS guidelines recommend ...

Surveying images of venesection, like Gilray’s “breathing a vein”, we see how connected it was to the identity of the doctor. To be a doctor was to bleed patients.

Information & Authors The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal Pages257-259 History : May 31, 1831 : June 2, 2010 ...

Chemotherapy was given if the WBC count was > or = 3 x 10 (9)/L and platelet count > or = 100 x 10 (9)/L. Cohort 2 (n = 7) was treated every 2 weeks, with leukapheresis on day 1 of the next cycle and ...

Since the IBTS service ended he now gets the venesection done privately at a cost of €300 a year. “It’s one aspect of my health I can control. I can afford that money but others can’t.