A surgeon preparing to let blood by cupping, his apprentice warming the cupping glass. Oil painting attributed to Jan Baptist Lambrechts.

  • Lambrechts, Jan Baptist, 1680-approximately 1731.
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45018i
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Cupping is a method of bloodletting: the surgeon makes an incision with a lancet, and then encourages the issue of blood by placing over the incision a warmed glass cup. The vacuum in the cup draws out the blood in a specified quantity

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1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 50.5 x 40.7 cm

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Wellcome Collection 45018i

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