Figure 56.—Cupping instruments illustrated by Dionis, 1708: A, cups made of horn; B, lamp for exhausting air; C, fleam for making scarifications; D, horns with holes at the tip for mouth suction; E, balls of wax to close the holes in the horn cups; F, G, glass cups; H, candle to light the tow or the small candles; I, tow; K, small candles on a card which is placed over the scarifications and lit in order to exhaust the cup; L, lancet for making scarifications; M, scarifications; N, plaster to place on the wound. (From Pierre Dionis, Cours d’opérations de chirurgie demontrées au Jardin Royal, Paris, 1708. Photo courtesy of NLM.)
Figure 57.—Teapot lamp, 18th century.
(NMHT 199536 [M-6691]; SI photo 73-4218.)
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Figure 58.—13th-century Arabic cupping scene. (From a manuscript held by the Freer Gallery. SI photo 43757-J.)
