Cupping horn

A cupping horn was used to draw blood to the surface of the skin. This parchment example is from Shetland.

The parchment has been moulded into a cone shape. The round end would have been placed over the skin.

Balance has always been part of our understanding of health and sickness - at different times solids, fluids and `humours' have been said to be in or out of balance. One of the commonest ways of adjusting the 'humours' of the body was to bleed the patient.

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Online ID:	000-100-002-056-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.VJ 4
Date:	18th/19th century
Material:	Skin, dried (parchment)
Dimensions:	60 mm L x 27 mm Dia
What:	Horn, cupping
Subject:	Medical and dental instruments (NMAS Classification)
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Where:	Scotland, Shetland
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Description:	Cupping-horn of parchment, from Shetland
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