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April 4th 2009 11:49
Having already written a blog about antique medical instruments, I went back and had another look around this very interesting website. As I read further and took in the bizarre and the practical devices that were used in the past, I realised that some of the old practices that were used are now popular once again. The instruments have just been updated and a new spin put on them. Things like cupping go right back to the egyptians, bloodletting and leeching are now being used once again and magnets go back a very long way.
Cupping was used for circulatory diseases, blood pressure, headaches and many other diseases. A small piece of paper was burned inside the cup so that it would cling to the skin when attached, then left for three to ten minutes. The cup was then lifted off the area and a small incision was made, the cup is then put back on the skin in the same manner and left to fill with blood. I don't quite understand how this benefits anyone but it is popular once again.
Bald men don't take your fancy? This is one solution from the past that I loved. I think every man should be made to wear one of these even if they are not bald, simply because it makes them look so ridiculous. It was called a Thermocap and had a lightbulb inside to encourage hair growth.
Victorian attitudes towards sex were very conservative. Things like masturbation and wet dreams were regarded with disgust and of course had to be "cured". They were thought to cause retardation, visual impairment, weakness and nervous disorders. Now I know the reason why the male of the species are total nongs !! The solution you ask? Why a Spermatorrhea ring of course. It was placed on the penis and had sharp spikes on it to discourage "emissions". Hysterical, every woman should have one in the cupboard.
And then there was The Electric Bath . In times past it was believed that there were benefits to strapping yourself in and being zapped by this little beauty. Of course if you wanted extra benefits you could always throw in a TV or a hair dryer. I'd rather have a nice long bubble bath myself.
The same mad inventor that came up with the brilliant idea of the electric bath also decided everyone should have one of these in the corner of thier loungeroom. Presenting the Electric Chair. I wonder if the inmates on death row realise that this chair is not meant to hurt them at all...don't they realise that this is a good thing?
Want to know what those strange nioses are coming from below? Need to find out what the death rattle is in your husband's chest? Well here is the instrument for you....The Phonedoscope. Advertised to pick up various sounds of the diseased I am sure this must have saved many a life....NOT.
Radioactivity had enormous potential and of course there was always someone waiting on the sidelines to take advantage of it. The Revigator came along and lit up everyones life !! A ceramic jar lined with radioactive material and then filled with water apparently held untold health benefits. I love a cool glass of water myself, I just don't want to glow afterwards.
I will end with this bizarre looking instrument of good grooming every woman should own. It was known as Lawson's Vaginal Washer. A large irrigating syringe was attached and when the handle was turned the instrument rotated around, acting like a sqeegee. So that's where the idea of a drive through car wash came from !!
Cupping was used for circulatory diseases, blood pressure, headaches and many other diseases. A small piece of paper was burned inside the cup so that it would cling to the skin when attached, then left for three to ten minutes. The cup was then lifted off the area and a small incision was made, the cup is then put back on the skin in the same manner and left to fill with blood. I don't quite understand how this benefits anyone but it is popular once again.
Bald men don't take your fancy? This is one solution from the past that I loved. I think every man should be made to wear one of these even if they are not bald, simply because it makes them look so ridiculous. It was called a Thermocap and had a lightbulb inside to encourage hair growth.
And then there was The Electric Bath . In times past it was believed that there were benefits to strapping yourself in and being zapped by this little beauty. Of course if you wanted extra benefits you could always throw in a TV or a hair dryer. I'd rather have a nice long bubble bath myself.
The same mad inventor that came up with the brilliant idea of the electric bath also decided everyone should have one of these in the corner of thier loungeroom. Presenting the Electric Chair. I wonder if the inmates on death row realise that this chair is not meant to hurt them at all...don't they realise that this is a good thing?
Want to know what those strange nioses are coming from below? Need to find out what the death rattle is in your husband's chest? Well here is the instrument for you....The Phonedoscope. Advertised to pick up various sounds of the diseased I am sure this must have saved many a life....NOT.
Radioactivity had enormous potential and of course there was always someone waiting on the sidelines to take advantage of it. The Revigator came along and lit up everyones life !! A ceramic jar lined with radioactive material and then filled with water apparently held untold health benefits. I love a cool glass of water myself, I just don't want to glow afterwards.
I will end with this bizarre looking instrument of good grooming every woman should own. It was known as Lawson's Vaginal Washer. A large irrigating syringe was attached and when the handle was turned the instrument rotated around, acting like a sqeegee. So that's where the idea of a drive through car wash came from !!
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