The Wonder Glove
It was a mitten lined with “uranium ore,” sold in the early twentieth century as a cure for arthritis. It was part of the fad for radioactive cure-alls.
Source: Your Money and Your Life: An FDA Catalog of Fakes and Swindles in the Health Field — an FDA pamphlet published in 1963 that includes a variety of other quack medical devices.
Source: Your Money and Your Life: An FDA Catalog of Fakes and Swindles in the Health Field — an FDA pamphlet published in 1963 that includes a variety of other quack medical devices.
Comments
I guess it would cure the arthritis in you hand by making your fingers fall off?
Posted by Brian on 03/22/20 at 08:56 PM
Wear two. Then you could say you have "nuclear arms."
Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 03/23/20 at 12:21 PM
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Category: Health | 1960s