Harness Electropathic belts
Advertisement for Harness Electropathic Belts. This was the main product of Cornelius Bennett Harness Medical Battery Company. The belt contained zinc and copper plates that when placed next to the patient's skin the patient's sweat was "sufficient to excite a mild continuous current that was a specific treatment in some diseases". Unfortunately, a series of scandals involving the efficacy of the belt lead to the company going into Receivership in 1893
Picture No
11042062
Media ID
46875183
Size
3166px x 5072px
(12.3MB)
Credit
(c)Maurice Collins Images Collection /Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph of an original object in the Maurice Collins Collection
Date
1890s
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