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  • An African medicine man cupping and bleeding two patients. Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Halftone.