Cupping set comprising of four cups and two brass and steel scarificators. These are contained within a morocco leather case which bares the word 'Cookie',in gold letters on the inner lining. This set would have been used in a procedure called 'wet cupping',a form of bloodletting used in the nineteenth century to 'treat' a range of ailments by removing surplus bodily 'humours' (fluids within the body). The set is English and dates from around 1860 | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library |
Taille de l’image : | 3661 px × 5008 px |
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