My Vintage Generation » using electriity to cure medical ailments http://www.myvintagegeneration.com eBay and Online Store Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:03:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Electric Belts Booklet http://www.myvintagegeneration.com/2010/02/electric-belts-booklet/ http://www.myvintagegeneration.com/2010/02/electric-belts-booklet/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:27:33 +0000 MyVintageGeneration http://www.myvintagegeneration.com/?p=1444 Can electric currents cure disease and relieve pain?
That’s a question some scientists have been asking since Ben Franklin’s kite experiment in 1752.

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In the late 1800s a medical fad began — the selling of electric belts.
Each belt sold promised to cure a specific ailment.
There were belts to cure rheumatism, sexual dysfunction, liver, stomach, nervous diseases, and more. The patient would purchase and wear one of these belts.

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This brochure is from the late 1800s or early 1900s.
It was printed by The German Electric Company and features a wide variety of their electric belts.

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Many dismissed these electric belts as quack medical devices.
But during the twenty-odd years this medical fad existed electric belts sold like hot cakes.

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