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Updated: May 24, 2025
The use of styptics may be called for. Wet-cupping has almost entirely been superseded by the use of Klapp's suction bells. It is seldom used in the treatment of surgical forms of inflammation. Counter-irritants. In deep-seated inflammations, counter-irritants are sometimes employed in the form of mustard leaves or blisters, according to the degree of irritation required.
There are other methods of withdrawing blood and exudate from an inflamed area, for example by leeches or wet-cupping, but they are seldom employed now. Before applying leeches the part must be thoroughly cleansed, and if the leech is slow to bite, may be smeared with cream. The leech is retained in position under an inverted wine-glass or wide test-tube till it takes hold.
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