General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

scarificator [.1]

Patents

N/A

General Description

All metal scarificator has gold tone finish; bright silver plated finish on lever and two screws on top; blades are presumably steel.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

5.6 cm

Width

4.2 cm

Height

6.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Fuller

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Presumably used c. 1838- 1847; possibly also used later.

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

Set used to draw blood from body as a means of treatment. The scarificator was used to create numerous small, shallow, uniform cuts in skin.

Technical

During cupping treatment, cups were first immersed in hot water, then the alcohol lamp was lit & Inserted into the cups for 20 seconds. The cup was then applied to the skin. Great dexterity was required to lift cup, apply scarificator and recup before the tumefaction had subsided. [Ref. 4]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None on scarificator.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

All metal scarificator has gold tone finish; bright silver plated finish on lever and two screws on top; blades are presumably steel.

Decoration

N/A