CUPPING  . The operation of cupping is one of the methods that have been adopted by surgeons to draw See also:

• BLOOD

blood from an inflamed See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to relieve the inflammation . The skin is washed and dried; a See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup with a rounded edge is then firmly applied, after the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air in it has been heated; the cooling of the air causes the formation of a partial vacuum, and the blood is thus See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the neighbouring parts to the skin under the cup . Either the blood is drawn from the patient's See also:

• BODY

body through a number of small wounds which are made in the skin, with a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, before the cup is applied; or the cup is simply applied to the unbroken skin and the blood drawn into the subcutaneous See also:

• TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue within the circumference of the cup . The result of both methods is the same,—namely, a withdrawal of blood locally from the inflamed part . The former is called moist cupping, the latter dry cupping . This operation has naturally declined in See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue with the obsolescence of blood-letting as a remedy .