Cupping set
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1825–1875
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0004.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- Cup, cupping (.001 only)
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.3 BLOWN GLASS CUPS;.1-.3 PTS CHAMOIS COVERS/.4 COPPER-PLATED STEEL LAMP, FABRIC WICK/.5 BRASS SCARIFIER/ CASE:MAHOGANY EXTERIOR; METAL HINGES & EYE-AND-HOOK CLOSURES; VELVET FABRIC LINES LID & COMPARTMENTALIZED BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.6 cm
- Width
- 10.6 cm
- Height
- 9.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR LOCALIZED BLOODLETTING, IN WHICH THE CAPILLARIES ARE SEVERED AND THE BLOOD IS DRAWN FROM THE BODY BY SOME MEANS OF SUCTION. CUPS WERE FIRST IMMERSED IN HOT WATER, THEN THE ALCOHOL LAMP WAS LIT & INSERTED INTO THE CUPS FOR 2 SECONDS. CUP WAS THEN APPLIED TO SKIN. GREAT DEXTERITY WAS REQUIRED TO LIFT CUP, APPLY SCARIFIER AND RECUP BEFORE THE TUMEFACTIONHAD SUBSIDED. (DAVIS, P. 24) - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE - ONE CUP BROKEN BUT ALL PIECES PRESENT.
- Finish
- .5 BLUEING DECORATES SWITCH ON SCARIFIER/ CASE IS STAINED AND LACQUERED.
- Decoration
- .4 DIAMOND SHAPES PLACED END TO END FORM CIRCLE ON WICK ADJUSTMENT KNOB.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cupping set, circa 1825–1875, Artifact no. 1991.0004, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1991.0004.001/
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