Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology

by Audrey B. Davis; Toby A. Appel

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Figure 73.—R. J. Dodd’s patent cupping apparatus. Figs. 4 and 5 are the tubes for cupping the uterus. Fig. 3 is the flexible match scarifier. (From patent specifications, U.S. patent no. 3537. SI photo 73-5192.)

Figure 74.—Circular scarificator.
(NMHT 320933.05; SI photo 76-7746.)

Figure 75.—Scarificator for vaccination. Mallam’s, made by Arnold & Sons, London. Patent 1406. (From the original in the Wellcome Museum by courtesy of the Trustees. Wellcome 13557; photo 125/1960.)