title: [Blood letting by cupping--a "medical" vignette].
abstract: This is a report on a "clinic" in northern Israel, in which a considerable number of people are treated by bloodletting. The authors witnessed the procedures of cupping various areas of the body and puncturing them by needles. The person in charge, who does not have any medical education or Licensing, and a client were interviewed. This report aims to bring to the attention of the medical community a procedure that spreads within the framework of so-called alternative medicine.
authors.affiliation: The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Elizabeta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orlov
authors.forename: Inbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Greenhouse
authors.forename: Daphna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dor-Shiffer
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000379:methods*; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008004:Licensure; D008297:Male