Pewter Bleeding Bowl

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Pewter Bleeding Bowl

Entry/Object ID

2002.132.001

Description

-card inside reads: "Pewter Bleeding Bowl, Dated 1805" -bowl engraved: "F.C.M. 1805" -cut-out edge for placing bowl against bent elbow; the vein was cut and the blood ran into the bowl -ring attached for hanging

Collection

Medical and Surgical Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1805

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Bowl, Bleeding

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Device, Bloodletting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Instrument, Therapeutic

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Medical Instruments

Nomenclature Class

Medical & Psychological T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Search Terms

Recruiting Poster

Material

Pewter