日本从放血疗法到血液成分单采术的发展历程

From bloodletting to apheresis in Japan.

作者信息

Mazda Toshio, Schmidt Paul J

机构信息

Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Institute, 2-1-67, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8521, Japan.

出版信息

Transfus Apher Sci. 2010 Feb;42(1):27-31. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.10.004. Epub 2009 Nov 20.

DOI:10.1016/j.transci.2009.10.004

PMID:19932058

Abstract

The ancient therapy of bloodletting that was universal in the West traveled to Japan 500 years ago on the trading vessels that carried physicians and barber-surgeons to care for the body and Christian missionaries to care for the soul. Then bloodletting was replaced by blood transfusion in the 19th century, only to return less than 50 years ago as apheresis. An understanding of those transitions can be gained from the story of the introduction of Western medicine to Japan and the events that have led to the practice of apheresis there today.

摘要

在西方普遍施行的古老放血疗法，于500年前通过商船传到了日本。这些商船搭载着医师和外科理发师来照料身体，也搭载着基督教传教士来慰藉灵魂。到了19世纪，放血疗法被输血取代，而在不到50年前又以血液成分单采术的形式再度出现。了解这些转变，可以从西医传入日本的故事以及如今在日本开展血液成分单采术的相关事件中获得。