Quack Medicine
by Ted Kinsman
Title
Quack Medicine
Artist
Ted Kinsman
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
A quack medical device used to restore hair, cure cancer, increase intelligence, and cure gout. The device is actually a Tesla coil used to excite a tube filled with low pressure neon gas. The device had no medical advantages. This device was sold under a number of names including the Violet ray. Sold from the 1930's until the late 1970's.
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June 1st, 2013
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