Dr. Olgierd Lindan’s Collection of Unusual Medical Devices & Antique Electronics

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WU-vies will find much to amuse them on this page of weird medical gadgets.

One of the prime charlatans whose stuff is on display was a fellow named Dr. Albert Abrams pictured to the right.

You can read a book he wrote here.
     Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 05, 2011
     Category: Body | Frauds, Cons and Scams | Medicine | Body Fluids | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | Nineteenth Century





Comments
Electricity "cured" many an ill. It cured me of inquisitiveness! I used to wonder what lived in those two little holes!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/06/11 at 12:54 AM
Crispy Curls
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/06/11 at 12:19 PM
Ouch, fried Expat!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/06/11 at 10:29 PM
I knew a couple of boys in high school who peed on an electric fence to learn their lesson.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/07/11 at 09:27 PM
Surely nothing like today's vibrators!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/08/11 at 01:15 AM
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