venepuncture

A pair of New Orleans researchers reported to the American Heart Association last week that repeated small bleedings have proved effective in relieving the agonizing tightness of angina pectoris and other symptoms of coronary disease�ironically, an uncommon problem in the days of leeching and venepuncture.

In 1905 Stern designed a venepuncture or aspirating needle that was 7 cm long with a silver cannula of 4 cm.