Bloodletting appliances.

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Bloodletting appliances. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1-2. Bamboo silver and shells used for scarification. 3. Miniature bow and arrow used for scarification. New Guinea. 4. Lancet (ponga kini) used for scarification. Tuvalu. 5. Mallet used in conjunction with ponga kini. 1. Lancet used for venesection. Tuvalu. 2. Cupping horn. Africa. 3. Gourd cupping vessel. Africa. 4. Cupping glass. Algeria. 5. Cupping vessel. Algeria.

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