Images Dated 20th November 2006

Cupping, 14th century

Cupping, 14th century. The application of heated cups to the skin was thought to draw harmful blood away from diseased organs and so promote healing. Illustration from a work on medicine, from the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

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