Note 777 — Chapter LXIII · EXPEDIENT IF MEAT FAIL
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
Blood is drawn from human beings in two ways; either from between the shoulders by the process called ḥajāmat, “cupping;” or, the arm being bound above the elbow, by opening the vein in the inside of the elbow, faṣd kardan. The latter operation is attended with some danger.