bleeding bowls

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Scope note
Shallow bowls from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with one flat handle usually flush with the rim, employed by barber-surgeons of the 17th and 18th centuries in bleeding a patient. In England the term is also sometimes applied to what in America is known as porringers.
bleeding bowls
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024