Glass Cups with Doctor's Bag

Creator

Donor

Westchester Medical Society

Preview

Identifier

2015.1.28

Date Created

c.1880-1917

Physical Dimensions

All different sizes ranging from 2.5"-by-3" to 1"-by-2"

Description

These glass cups were stored in a leather doctor's bag and used for a procedure called "cupping". Cups were placed on the patient’s skin causing suction. Cupping was thought to mobilize the blood and improve circulation and was often used in controlled bleeding. These cups may have been hand blown, as no two cups are alike.