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Did you know that since practically the beginning of
time, things that suck have been making life better? In
fact, as long ago as the fourth century B.C., the
suction cup was more important to the practice of
medicine than the stethoscope is today. Suction cups
made out of gourds were attached to the skin and
supposedly drew bad blood away from diseased organs to
the surface of the body. The procedure, believed to have
been invented by Hippocrates, the first medical doctor,
was called “cupping”. An alternative to bloodletting, it
was used to cure a wide range of illnesses. I hear some
people still swear by it today…hey, it sure beats going
under the knife!
Of course, the practice of cupping, which raised a
cup-shaped bump on the skin, gave rise to all sorts of
medical and cosmetic possibilities! Back in 1889,
inventor J. W. Greene patented a new bosom form, which,
using suction cups, increased the size of the bust.
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