Cupping Set
date: label: date made
content: ca mid-1800s
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box containing one brass ball-handled torch, two glass cups, one glass jar, and two brass scarificators with “H. Johnson / 31 King Street / Borough” inscriptions. A silver plate on the top of the box is inscribed “Mr. Sam Richards.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0789.51
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0789.51
label: accession number
content: 1977.0789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cupping set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass; cotton; glass; iron; wood; fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, case: 3 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 24.765 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: small cup: 2 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: large cup: 2 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: small scarificator: 1 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: large scarificator: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: alcohol bottle: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: torch: 1 1/4 in x 4 3/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 10.63625 cm x 2.8575 cm