About This Item
Title
Close-up of underside of scarificator
Subject
instrumentation
Bloodletting
Description
A close-up photograph of the underside of a scarificator, used in bloodletting. Part of a set including cupping instruments and wooden case.
Title supplied by cataloger
Creator
Numen, Evi
Source
Mütter Museum 17131.16 - Scarifying and cupping instruments.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
2015
Relation
Type
StillImage
Identifier
cppmonitor_scarificator1
17131.16
Date Created
2015
Citation
Numen, Evi, “Close-up of underside of scarificator,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 4, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4426.