Volume 13 (1820), Pages 286-289. J. Welsh, "description of a Substitute

for Leeches," The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 11 (1815), pages 193-194; P. MOLONEY, "A New Cupping Instrument," Australia Medical Journal, new series, volume 1 (1879), pages 338-340. At least two American patents were given for improved cups, one to C. L. Myers in 1884 (U.S. patent 291388) and one to Jaime Catuela in 1922 (U.S. patent 1463458).

SAVIGNY, op. cit. [note 106], plate 18, illustrated in 1798 "elastic bottles" that could be attached to glass cups for drawing the breasts; however, not until Charles Goodyear's discovery of the vulcanization process in 1838 was rubber widely used in cupping. An American surgeon, Samuel Gross, wrote in 1866 that the glass cup with a bulb of vulcanized rubber was the "most elegant and convenient cup, by far." See SAMUEL GROSS, A System of Surgery, 4th edition, 2 volumes (Philadelphia, 1866),