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LicensePewter bleeding bowl, graduated, 18th or 19th century. Full view, graduated matt black perspex background.
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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
- type:
- bleeding bowl
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
- credit:
- Sotheby's
