Set of cupping instruments

Set of cupping instruments

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Set of cupping instruments, in mahogany case, 18th or 19th century

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A159560
Materials:
case, mahogany, case, velvet, lined and case, brass
Measurements:
case: length 193 mm
case: width 217 mm
case: height 113 mm
type:
cupping set
credit:
Glendining's

Parts

Three cupping glasses for use with blood suction tube

Three cupping glasses for use with blood suction tube

Three cupping glasses for use with blood suction tube

Measurements:
height 88 mm
width 59 mm
Materials:
glass and brass
Object Number:
A159560 Pt1
type:
cupping glass
Two cupping glasses for use with blood suction tube

Two cupping glasses for use with blood suction tube

Two cupping glasses for use with blood suction tube

Measurements:
height 78 mm
width 53 mm
Materials:
glass and brass
Object Number:
A159560 Pt2
type:
cupping glass
Cupping glasses with oval mouth for use with blood suction tube

Cupping glasses with oval mouth for use with blood suction tube

Cupping glasses with oval mouth for use with blood suction tube

Measurements:
height 85 mm
width 54 mm
Materials:
glass and brass
Object Number:
A159560 Pt3
type:
cupping glass
Brass scarificator with 16 lancets

Brass scarificator with 16 lancets

Brass scarificator with 16 lancets

Measurements:
length 49 mm
width 47 mm
height 77 mm
Materials:
brass and steel
Object Number:
A159560 Pt4
type:
scarificators
Brass blood suction tube

Brass blood suction tube

Brass blood suction tube

Measurements:
length 142 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A159560 Pt5
type:
blood suction tubes