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Pewter bleeding bowl, graduated, 1701-1900
This bowl was made to be using during bloodletting – a practice once carried out to treat a wide range of diseases and medical conditions. The scale engraved on the inside of the bleeding bowl was used to record how much blood was taken. Physicians and barber-surgeons performed bloodletting as a treatment for illnesses believed to be caused by an excessive build up of blood.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A43202
- Materials:
- whole, pewter
- Measurements:
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overall: 50 mm x 194 mm 132 mm, .35kg
- type:
- bleeding bowl
- credit:
- Sotheby's
