Object Details
- Description
- This aqua–colored blown glass bloodletting cup has a wide base and a rolled lip. Cups for bloodletting were also made of tin and deer or livestock antlers. Suction is created by heating the cup. The warm cup is applied to the skin and the suction created brings the blood to the surface of the skin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.1045
- catalog number
- M-06109
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 821
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.1045
- Object Name
- cup
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4.2 cm x 3.8 cm; 1 21/32 in x 1 1/2 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994508
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-1b47-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
