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Vintage Medical Quack Therapy Faradic Battery

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 150.00 USD
Vintage Medical Quack Therapy Faradic Battery
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Available in this lot is a 1920's - 1930's medical quackery device. The piece is a faradic battery, used for shock therapy. The device is set into a wonderful stained oak box, with a sturdy handle on top. When you open up the case, you'll expose the directions for the machine, as well as uncovering the control panel, and hand held electrodes. The machine was utilized by placing the tips of the electrical diodes on the finger tips of the patient, it would then transmit a small electrical current, which was believed to cure many medical ailments of the time. The device is complete, but remains untested, the label is slightly stained and missing some script. The box measures 8 3/4" wide, 6 1/4" deep, and 7 7/8" tall, minus the height of the handle.