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To the Editor: The photograph of the strange East Asian medical technique of cupping (Oct. 24 issue)¹ was wonderful and evocative. I suspect, however, that this bizarre anthropologic "other" is actually a case of the forgotten historical "self." The use of cupping has a long history in the West and was widespread in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.² The Journal' s predecessor even published extensive instructions on performing cupping.³ The importance of cupping was generally acknowledged: "No member of the profession, at this time, can be ignorant of [its] use and importance." ⁴ As late as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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