Title
Electric chest and lung protector
Subject
Quacks and quackery
Electric machinery--Therapeutic use
Alternative medicine--Equipment and supplies
Quackery
Complementary Therapies--instrumentation
Quackery
Description
Image 101-1500
Used to prevent diseases of the chest and lung through a "Voltaic Galvanic Principle".
A pink cloth vest with 20 metal buttons on the front and another 20 buttons on the back side of the vest. Used to place over the back and chest area. One shoulder has a tie to adjust to the size of the patient. Reportedly, the protective electrical current was activated via the secretions of the body as one came into contact with the metal discs of the device.
Creator
Electric Appliance Co. (Burlington, Kan.)
Publisher
McGuire Medical Instruments Collection
Health Sciences Library
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
Early 20th cent.
Contributor
Michael Gordon (Firm)
Cravens, Annette
Rights
Contact the History of Medicine Collection, https://library.buffalo.edu/historyofmedicine
Format
22x34.5 cm
Type
Quackery
Image
Still image
Identifier
07.03.15.5
Alternative Title
Chest and lung protector
Lung protector
Date Created
11/4/2009
Medium
Cloth and copper
Citation
Electric Appliance Co. (Burlington, Kan.), “Electric chest and lung protector,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16900.