Cupping cup, glass, 19th century. Large dome-shaped cup. Purchased 1898. H
82 mm, D 66 mm. Anthropology vol. 30, catalog no. 143081.
Cupping cup, glass, 18th-19th century. Hand-blown bellied cup from Hebron,
Palestine. Donated by Dr. Cyrus Adler 1902. H 53 mm, diameter 31 mm.
Anthropology vol. 30, catalog no. 143155. Neg. 59139-A (BW).
Cupping cup, 12th century. Cup is made of opaque greenish glass and is
triangular in shape. A vacuum is created in the cup by sucking air from
the cup through a tubular extension on the side. This 12th century cup was
recovered in Nishapur, Persia, by Dr. Richard Ettinghausen. On loan from
Dr. Ettinghausen 1955. H 68 mm, D 42 mm. Neg. 73-4205 (BW, CS). NMHT
207389 (M-6836). (Figure 108.)
Cupping cups (2), Pewter, 18th century. These cups are similar to those
found in a Revolutionary War surgeon's kit held by the Smithsonian, and
may therefore be of military issue. Metal cups were often preferred to
glass for military purposes because they were unbreakable. Donated by
Hattie Brunner 1955. M-6829 H 42 mm, D 34 mm. M-6830 H 38 mm, D 34 mm.
Neg. 76-9109 (BW), includes German brass cup. NMHT 207399 (M-6829 and
M-6830).
Cupping cup, 12th century. A second Persian spouted cup (cf. NMHT 207389
[M-6836]), also made of opaque greenish glass, but more dome shaped.
Purchased 1959. H 52 mm, D 50 mm. Neg. 73-4215 (BW). NMHT 224478 (M-8037).
Cupping cups (3), glass, 18th-19th centuries. Cups of smaller diameter
such as these were used for cupping on the temples and other parts of the
body with limited surface area. Cups are molded and slightly bellied.
Purchased 1964. First cup: H 54 mm, D 36 mm. Second and third cups: H 56
mm, D 36 mm. NMHT 254866 (M-10694).
Cupping cup, horn, 20th century. A horn of a cow from Madaoua, Niger
Republic, West Africa, used for drawing blood as late as the 1960s. There
is a small foramen at the tip for exhausting the air by sucking. Purchased
1966. L 88 mm, D 52 mm. Neg. 73-5643 (BW, CS). NMHT 270023.01 (M-11998).
(Figure 37.)
Cupping cups, glass, 19th century. Set of five dome-shaped cups ranging
from 50 mm to 60 mm in diameter and 64 mm to 72 mm in height. They were
dated by the seller as 1895. Purchased 1969. NMHT 287162 (M-12872).
Cupping cups (2), glass, 20th century. These two small cups were purchased
about 1912 by Mr. Harry Zucker from a drug supply company on 2nd Street
and Avenue B on the Lower East Side of New York City. Mr. Zucker used the
cups for dry cupping only. Donated by Ruth Zucker 1972. H 54 mm, D 34 mm.
NMHT 302834.1 and 302834.2.
Cupping vessels (5), glass, 19th-20th centuries. Set of five dome-shaped
cups ranging from 52 mm to 56 mm in height and 44 mm to 48 mm in diameter.
Owned by Dr. E. L. Orsinger of Chicago (1852-1925). Donated by Dr. William
Orsinger 1973. Neg. 74-4087 (BW, CS). NMHT 308730.09.
Cupping vessels (3), glass, 18th-19th centuries. These three cups have
button like protuberances on top for ease in handling. Cups were often
pictured in 18th century surgical texts with such protuberances. In the
19th century most cups lacked them. Purchased 1976. NMHT 314016.236-.239.
(Figure 109.)
Cupping vessel, glass, 19th century. Slightly bellied, hand-blown cup.
Donated by Ada and Grace Abrahamson 1975. H 47 mm, D 43 mm. NMHT
318916.02.
Cupping vessel and bloodletting knife, 17th century. Persian brass conical
cupping cup with a small hole at the tip for mouth suction. Knife has a
wood and brass handle and a folding blade. Seller gives date as 17th
century. Purchased 1976. Knife L 110 mm (folded). Cup L 86 mm, D 46 mm.
Neg. 76-7749 (BW, CS). NMHT 320033.07. (Figure 110.)
Cupping vessel, brass, 18th century. German brass cupping vessel.
Purchased 1976. H 30 mm, D 35 mm. Neg. 76-9109 (BW), includes two pewter
cups. NMHT 321697.22. (Figure 111.)
Cupping vessels, glass, 19th century. Five small, hand-blown, green glass
cupping cups. All are approximately the same size. Purchased 1976. Average
dimensions: H 44 mm, D 35 mm. NMHT 321697.23-.27.
Cupping vessels, glass, 19th and 20th centuries. Assortment of 22 cupping
cups, either dome-shaped or slightly bellied. Various sizes. Purchased
1976. NMHT 321697.28-.49.