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| Picture No | 10216279 |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Advert for Electropathic belts 1886 |
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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.
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| Source | Advertisement in 'The Illustrated London News', 10 April 1886, page 381 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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