Bleeding cup

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Home Coming meetings Past meetings About the Society Galleries of the Virtual Museum Main Galleries Medicine Surgery Anaesthesia X-rays Hospitals,other organisations Individuals of note Small Galleries Dentistry Nursing Ethnic medicine - Aboriginal - Chinese - Mediterran	Bleeding cup Acknowledgment : This cup has been kindly donated to the Society (SAMHS) by the late Mr. Mervyn Smith, a well known SA surgeon and Past President of The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Composition: Metal Alloy, see hallmark. Weight. 380 gm Diameter: 13.2 cm. Depth: 4.5 cm Bleeding was commonly used as a therapeutic procedure since the middle ages. A cup was used to collect the blood following venisection. The volume was measured using the engraved calibrations. Hallmark -o0o-

South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc

Website for the Virtual Museum

Home
Coming meetings
Past meetings
About the Society

Galleries of the Virtual Museum

Main Galleries

Medicine
Surgery
Anaesthesia
X-rays
Hospitals,other organisations
Individuals of note

Small Galleries

Dentistry
Nursing

Ethnic medicine
     - Aboriginal
     - Chinese
     - Mediterran

Bleeding cup

Acknowledgment : This cup has been kindly donated to the Society (SAMHS) by the late Mr. Mervyn Smith, a well known SA surgeon and Past President of The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Composition:    Metal Alloy, see hallmark.
          Weight.   380 gm
      Diameter:   13.2 cm.
           Depth:    4.5 cm

Bleeding was commonly used as a therapeutic procedure since the middle ages.

A cup was used to collect the blood following venisection. The volume was measured using the engraved calibrations.

Hallmark

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