Cupping horn

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.VJ 4
• Date: 18th/19th century
  
• Material: Skin, dried (parchment)
  Horn, cupping
  
• 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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