Alternative "Quack" Medical Devices

Magneto-Electric Machine
EH101507
Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto - Electric Machine for Nervous Disease With original Electrodes in Wooden Box. This machine is operated by a hand crank on the front of the wooden box. The electrical charge goes out to the two metal handles to give... View Full Record
faradic stimulator
eh101630
This faradic battery, known as the Edison Family Faradic Battery and manufactured by the Edison Manufacturing Co in Orange, New Jersey under authority of Thomas Edison was used as a part of alternative medicine as a stimulator applied to muscle and b... View Full Record
Home Medical Apparatus
eh101629
J.H. Bunnell & Co.'s No. 4 D.D. Home Medical Apparatus with standard dry cell battery in a wooden box with metal latches. There are two compartments: the top contains two 4-foot conducting cords with tips, two tube hand electrodes, and one insulating... View Full Record
Electro Magnetism Belt
eh101631
Harmony electro - therapeutic solenoids This is a large leather belt with wires running through the inside. The power cord runs to a metal power box on the front of the belt. These belts typically generated electricity through magnets, claiming... View Full Record
electro magnetism
eh101632
The Voltamp Battery No.6 made by the Voltamp Electric MFG. Co. in Baltimore, Maryland. This apparatus is in a wooden box with a metal handle and hinges. There are directions for use printed on the inside of the lid. It runs on a dry cell battery with... View Full Record
Stimulator
EH101956
Electraply stimulator in a black leatherette covered wooden box includes probe and battery. The date on the battery is May 1944 and marked Signal Corps, U. S. Army, Battery BA-30, contract Number W-11-019 SC-25. The inside top is printed with the... View Full Record
Elco Electric Health Generator
eh101849
Made and distributed by Lindstrom & Company, this electric device was adverised as a cure for a wide variety of diseases and illnesses including anemia, asthma, backache, bronchitis, blackeads, colic, constipation, dandruff, deafness, eye trouble, ep... View Full Record
Violet Ray Machine
EH10317
This violet ray machine, often referred to as a violet wand, was produced by Bleadon-Dun Co mostly in the 1920s and 30s as a source of alternative medicine used to specifically treat skin conditions and relieve small aches and pains. Although most of... View Full Record
Elec Treat Mechanical Heart
EH101016
Electreat, "Mechanical heart " - (2) - For relief of pain & muscular soreness. With pamphlet & directions. One in a box The Electreat Mechanical Heart This cure-all device was patented by Charles Willie Kent in 1919, and was designed to relieve... View Full Record
Electrotherapy Unit
EH101114
A handheld Fischer Quartz ultraviolet light. This instrument was made by Robert A Fisher & Company in Glendale, California. According to one ad for the Fischer Quartz lamp, "Ultra violet energy governs the energy of every living animal cell, science... View Full Record
Phrenology Bust
EH101319
Phrenology is a process that involved the observing or feeling of the skull to determine individual psychological attributes. This ceramic head, designed by Lorenzo Niles Fowler in the late 19th century, shows the phrenological faculties and has bec... View Full Record
Dilators
2017.000.063
2 cardboard boxes containing a total of 7 rectal dilators in 7 different sized. Inside lid of box has label reading: Dr. Youngs inproved Rectal Dilators with directions. Sold only by prescription and to avoid using in case of bleeding. Made from ba... View Full Record