Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on the Art of Cupping: In Which the History of That Operation Is Traced, the Complaints in Which It Is Useful Indicated, and the Most Approved Method of Performing It Described The division of labour which takes place in the metropolis of these realms, enables protes sioual men to employ their undivided attention not only to the treatment of certain organs, but also' to the performance of particular operations. Hence must necessarily result an accuracy of discrimination, and dexterity in operating, not to be expected when the mind is distracted by more varied occupations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.