Cucupha

This article is about the ancient remedy. For the saint, see Cucuphas.

In old pharmacy, a cucupha or cucufa was a cap, or cover for the head, with cephalic spices quilted in it, worn for certain nervous distempers, particularly those affecting the head.

References

• "cucupha". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Cucupha". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.