Bloodletting Cup
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.1045
label: catalog number
content: M-06109
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 821
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.1045
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.2 cm x 3.8 cm; 1 21/32 in x 1 1/2 in