A treatise on practical cupping : comprising an historical relation of the operation through ancient and modern times; with a copious and minute description of the several methods of performing it; intended for the instruction of the medical student, and of practitioners in general / By Samuel Bayfield.

  • Bayfield, Samuel, active 1823.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A treatise on practical cupping : comprising an historical relation of the operation through ancient and modern times; with a copious and minute description of the several methods of performing it; intended for the instruction of the medical student, and of practitioners in general / By Samuel Bayfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Kings College London. The original may be consulted at Kings College London.

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    ration be capable of affording the benefit that I have asserted, the neglect of it is surely an outrage upon common huma- nity, and casts a stigma upon the healing arty whose progress towards a state of per- fection should be uninterrupted, at least by negligence. This neglect (which I am prepared to shew really exists) is likely to operate more seriously in the country than in the metropolis, or in larger cities ; for here there are always persons esta- blished who practice cupping exclusively as their principal business, and whose as- sistance can at any time be procured by the surgeon; but, in the country, such an advantage is not to be obtained ; and a patient cannot receive the benefit of the operation, if the attending medical practi-