Cupping Set
name: label: maker
content: Charriere, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Cupping set purchased in Paris in 1850 by Dr. Asa Shinn Linthicum (1831-1909), a physician in Ann Arundel County, Md. The set consists of one syringe, three glass cups, one brass scarificator, and a hose housed in a wooden box. Several pieces have a Charrière inscription. The scarificator is marked “Breveté S.G.D. Gouv.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.007
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14136
label: catalog number
content: 302606.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: cupping set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Cupping Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, chamois (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: peach (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (cups material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 15 cm; 3 3/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 4 in x 9 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 24.765 cm x 15.5575 cm
label: Measurements
content: cup: 3 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 9.525 cm x 5.3975 cm
label: Measurements
content: cup: 4 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 11.43 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: cup: 5 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: pump: 6 1/2 in x 1 in; 16.51 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: scarificator: 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: tube: 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 38.735 cm x 1.27 cm