File:A selection of instruments used in cupping and amputations... Wellcome L0041096.jpg

Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Fig 1 to 3 - Items used in cupping: cupping glass, scalpel or scarificator and representation of the cutting marks on the skin that are to be covered by the cupping glass. Fig 4 - A cubical scarificator (maker of the marks in fig 3) Fig 5 - A representation of a Leech Fig 6 and 7 - A needle and hammer used in acupuncture Fig 8 - A cauterizing iron Fig 9 - A leather swath used instead of deligation for issues in the arm Fig 10 - A syringe used for injections in the urethra and vagina Fig 11 - The soles of the feet that the Italian physician Mistichellius directs to be cauterized in Apoplexies Fig 12 - Representation of the method of burning the part affected by gout with the Indain Moxa Fig 13 - Several encysted tumours on the face and neck Fig 14 - A scalpel used in extracting tumours of the neck or glands Fig 15 - A hand of an infant with six fingers, the sixth finger being later amputated by using the scalpel Fig 16 - Various afflictions to the hand prior to them being amputated Fig 17 - Method of amputating the big toe by the use of a mallet and chisel Engraving 18th Century A general system of surgery. Containing the doctrine and management I. Of wounds, fractures, luxations, tumours, and ulcers ... II. Of ... operations ... III. Of ... bandages ... / To which is prefixed an introduction concerning the nature, origin, progress, and improvements of surgery ... Translated into English. From the Latin ... Lorenz Heister Published: 1743