Advert for Electropathic belts 1886
Advertisement from 1886 for the Medical Battery Company's Electropathic Belt, featuring a caricature of William Gladstone, Prime Minister wielding an axe and wearing the belt. Electrical remedies of this time, which made extravagant claims to cure practically all ailments, were typical of the late nineteenth century
Picture No
10216279
Media ID
46010274
Size
3859px x 5580px
(5.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Advertisement in The Illustrated London News', 10 April 1886, page 381
Date
1886
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