Http://historicjamestowne.org/featured_find/. What do you see? How might someone use this? How might...

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•What do you see?

•How might someone use this?

•How might it be used in the 1600s?

•This object was found in James Fort’s (fort at Jamestown) first well between 1609 and 1611. What can you predict about the object knowing that?

•Hint: This artifact served a very specific purpose at Jamestown that is still practiced by many today, just as it has for over 3,000 years.

•used by the colony’s surgeon to treat conditions such as abscesses, sciatica, muscle pain, and "withering or benumbed" extremities.

•The glass was heated by a candle and then placed on skin over the afflicted area. As the glass cooled, a vacuum was created that pulled skin into the cup and drew blood to the surface to draw blood, and any "poisonous humors," out of the body.

•Cupping is still used today by acupuncture practitioners.

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http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=68