Figure 51.—Dry cupping for sciatica. (From Frederik Dekkers, Exercitationes Practicae Circa Medendi Methodum, Leyden, 1694. Photo courtesy of NLM.)
Figure 52.—Horn cups used in Egypt in the 16th century. (From Prosper Alphinus, Medicina Aegyptorum, Leyden, 1719. Photo courtesy of NLM.)
Figure 53.—Horn cup used in the Niger Republic of West Africa in the 1960s. (NMHT 270023 [M-11998]; SI photo 73-5643.)
Figure 54.—Replica of a Greek votive tablet found in the remains of the Temple of Aesculapius. Pictured are two metal cups and a set of scalpels. (NMHT 233055 [M-9617]; SI photo 73-4217.)
Figure 55.—Egyptian spouted cupping cups, 16th century. (From Prosper Alpinus, Medicina Aegyptorum, Leyden, 1719. Photo courtesy of NLM.)