Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SUCTION BULB

Date

1850

Materials

GLASS

No. Pieces

2

Diameter

4.2

Description

.1 SUCTION BULB. HAND BLOWN GLASS. SUCTION BULB HAS AIR BUBBLES IN GLASS. OPENING AT BOTTOM WAS PUT ONTO SORES OR BOILS TO DRAW OUT POISON. FIRST THE BULB IS HEATED ON AND THEN PUT ON SORE, THEN COOLED IN ORDER TO CREATE A SUCTION. 3 SLITS IN SKIN WOULD BE MADE PRIOR TO APPLYING BULB TO DRAW OUT TENSION. .2 WOODEN BOX DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. LID MISSING. PIECE OF WOOD MISSING ON ONE SIDE. JAPANESE WRITING ON ONE SIDE OF BOX.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

FOLK MEDICINE INSTRUMENT C/W BOX. DONOR'S MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER & FAMILY USED INSTRUMENT OFTEN ON THE WOMEN'S SHOULDERS TO RELIEVE PAIN CAUSED FROM SITTING & DOING CLOSE NEEDLE WORK, SEWING, ETC.

Catalogue Number

P19790259000

Acquisition Date

1979-01

Collection

Museum

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