A treatise on the art of cupping : in which the history of that operation is traced, the complaints in which it is useful indicated, and the most approved method of performing is described / by Thomas Mapleson, cupper to His Majesty.

  • Mapleson, Thomas.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A treatise on the art of cupping : in which the history of that operation is traced, the complaints in which it is useful indicated, and the most approved method of performing is described / by Thomas Mapleson, cupper to His Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Mittere autem sanguinem cum sit expeditissimuro usum habenti; tamen ignaro difficilliraum.—To let blood is extremely easy to an experienced operator, but very difficult to one who is ignorant. Idque auxilium [sc. cucurbitulae], ut minus vehemens, ita majus tutum; neque unquara periculosum.—And this remedy, cupping, as it (is less violent, so it is more safe; nor is it ever attended with danger. Celsus, lib. ii. cap. 1L