Marshall's improved compound magneto-electric machine

Magneto-electric machines

Quacks and quackery

Electric Stimulation Therapy--instrumentation

Magnetics--instrumentation

Quackery

Quackery/ electricity

Instructions for use on inside of box

Used to treat multiple ailments with a magnet and electricity

Wooden box with large metal magnet,wheel and spools inside; external crank attached to wheel; two external handles with cords.

A wooden electrotherapy device is displayed with its lid open, revealing internal electrical components. The box contains coils, metal fittings, and a hand crank on the side used to generate electrical current. The inside of the lid features a printed label with instructions and the name of the device. In front of the box lie two handheld electrodes with cloth-covered ends connected by wires, which would have been applied to the body during treatment.

Marshall (Firm)

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1859?

Cravens, Annette

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25 cm. x 11 cm. x 12 cm.

Medical Instrument

Image

Still image

84.1.6

LIB-HSL001

Compound magneto-electric machine

Magneto-electric machine

4/7/2006

Wood, metal and string