A treatise on the art of cupping: in which the history of that operation is traced; the various diseases in which it is useful indicated; and the most approved method of performing it described / [Thomas Mapleson].

  • Mapleson, Thomas, Cupper, active 1813-1829.
Date:
1813
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the art of cupping: in which the history of that operation is traced; the various diseases in which it is useful indicated; and the most approved method of performing it described / [Thomas Mapleson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wash Balls, perfumed, camphired, and plain, shall restore complexions to that degree, that a country Fox Hunter, who uses them, shall in a week’s time look with a courtly and affable paleness, without using the bagnio or cupping. * Air pumps, single and double barrelled, with apparatus for demonstrating the several properties of the air.—Small air pumps, with glasses for the new way of cupping ; scarificators, one of which makes at once 10, another 13, another 16, effectual incisions. - The custom, which appears to have become prevalent of resorting to these Baguios, or Haumaums, to be bathed and cupped, appears to have superseded the * Spectator, Vol. iv. No, 289, Note. Ge