Abstract: An aspirating and irrigating apparatus and method provide rapid and effective aspirating and irrigating of body parts during medical procedures to such a degree that anesthetizing the patient is no longer necessary for that portion of the procedure. The apparatus is portable and includes a piston driven motor which drives a vacuum pump having an input port for providing a vacuum operating to vacuum levels exceeding approximately twenty-seven inches of mercury and an output port for providing air under pressure operating to pressure levels exceeding approximately one hundred and twenty pounds per square inch for permitting rapid fluid flows.