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Patent for belts for "the alleviation of pain in or prevention of cholera, and for the prevention or cure of pulmonary or other complaints".

Specification of William Jenkins : medicated belts or bands.

Patent for "an acromatic belt which, being aplied to the human body, has effected most singular cures in gouty, rheumatic, and other cases".

Specification of Anthony Yeldall : magnetic belt.

4 pages, 1 leaf of plates : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm

Improvements in electric galvanic belts.

Advertisements from page 319 (inside back cover?) of the 1 May 1885 issue of The young ladies' journal. The Electropathic Belt is promoted for rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica, paralysis, epilepsy, constipation, nervous debility, impaired vitality and hysteria. C.B. Harness appears to have been in charge of both the Pall Mall Electric Association (21 Holborn Viaduct, London) and the Medical Battery Company (205 Regent Street, London).

The attention of ladies is directed to the unvarying efficacy of the Electropathic Belt of the Pall Mall Electric Association ... : Dr. Carter Moffat's Ammoniaphone, Harness' patent for voice cultivation, and the cure of asthma, bronchitis, and all pulmonary affections ... / Pall Mall Electric Association ; C.. Harness, the Medical Battery Co.

Electrotherapy & vibrators ephemera. Box 1.

All in search of health should wear Electropathic Belt.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes leaflets advertising a variety of devices which supply vibration and electrical therapy: Sanofix (hand vibrator : Electricitätsgesellschaft Sanitas, 1913 : From the Edgar Cyriax collection), James Barker (99 Regent Steet, London : ca. 1904) and his Barker Massage Machine, Cox-Cavendish Electrical Company (1924) Ltd.'s Charles Cahier system of massage, x-ray and electro-medical apparatus (1933), Pifco Vibratory Massager (1960s?), Stanley Cox Ltd.'s vibrators (Sanex, improved Power Vibrator), Ajax Dry-Cell electric system (Crystal Palace exhibition, 1907), Pulvermacher's Hydro-Electric Chain (Charles Meinig, 103 Leadenhall Street, London : ca. 1851?), Electropoise for rheumatism, indigestion, nervous disorders, neuralgia, insomnia, paralysis, liver & kidney troubles, constipation, asthma, eczema, influenza (Electrolibration Company, 407 Oxford Street, London : 1895?), Tsubo massage chairs (Colebrand Healthcare Products), micro-element therapy (Maya Kraus), A.M. Richardson's Batterie Magnéto-Galvanique medallions, William Ruck's medical galvanic apparatus (Montpellier Baths, Cheltenham), William Moody Bell's trusses, bandages, enemas, galvanism and electricity, Gloucester Spa mineral waters, Pall Mall Electric Association's Electropathic Belt, Anti-Mal de Mer (sea-sickness pills), Dr. Scott's Electric Hair Brush (cures headache), Electropathic Belts, Electropatent socks (for gout, sciatica and rheumatism), Dr. Scott's Electric Corsets, London Galvanic Generator, Dr. Scott's Electric Flesh Brush (analgesic qualities), the Medical Battery Company Limited (1895), W. Hardy (professor of electricity, Harrogate), Darlow & Co.'s analgesic Magnetine appliances, Harness's system of electropathic treatment at the Electropathic and Zander Institute (52 Oxford Street, London), Pulvermacher's patent portable Hydro-Electric Chain (for all acute nervous pains), Magneto-Electric Battery Company's Electro-Magnetic Socks (for healthy circulation and warm feet), Dr. Carter Moffat's Electric Body Belt, Dr. Lowder's Magneto-Electric Battery : Magneto-Electric Battery Company (worn as a medallion around the neck for indigestion, neuralgia, tooth ache, headache, nervous debility, skin diseases, rheumatism, bronchitis, heart disease), Grimstone's Eye Snuff for cholera : G.H. Boutell (professor of galvanism : 1848), Fetouris International's Biotone phototherapy unit, Health Through Technology, Audio Ltd.'s Omega One skin resistance meter and E.E.G. measurement, Biofeedback and psychotechnics, Adimpex's AmperPlast (pain relief patches), British Institute of Auriculotherapy, Magno Heal (magnetic therapy and pain relief), Chattanooga Vibrator Instrument Company (1903) treating hemiplegia, chronic synovitis, deafness, vomiting, rheumatism, albuminuria, varicose veins, Stanley Cox's 'Eclipse' radiant heat hand lamp and Intertherm Diathermy apparatus (1929) and G. Duflot's (of Paris) Thermasix 'Ondes courtes' device for electric therapy and other diagnostic procedures (1938), Advanced Healing Therapies (Binley Woods, Coventry, 2011), the Savage Health Motor (ca.1930), the Veedee portable electrical massage device (1915), Trojan high-frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits, 4 poster stamps (ca. 1910) from a sheet of at least 18 advertising the Sanax Vibrator, Bookmark for G. Duflot's electrotherapy and actinotherapy (17 Rue Maurice Meyer, Paris), 'Magnetic curative appliances' : Magnetoline (Darlow & Co., 443, Strand, London : postcard : February 1876).

General Collections Ephemera Collection

Specification of Edmund Neeler : medicinal belt.

5 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Specification of Edward Griffith Brewer : belts for preventing sea sickness.

Patent for a device "to produce medico-electric surfaces to be applied to such parts of the human body as require an artificial excitement to restore the functional energy of the nervous or membranous system of those parts". Basically, plates of metal (copper or zinc) which will "be set in action" by "reason of the moisture of the skin" which counteract paralysis.

4 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Specification of George Kershaw : medico-electric surfaces.

3 pages, 1 leaf of plates : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm

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Improvements in electric galvanic belts.

All in search of health should wear Electropathic Belt.

Electrotherapy & vibrators ephemera. Box 1.

Specification of Edmund Neeler : medicinal belt.

Specification of Edward Griffith Brewer : belts for preventing sea sickness.

Specification of George Kershaw : medico-electric surfaces.

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All in search of health should wear Electropathic Belt.

Electrotherapy & vibrators ephemera. Box 1.

Specification of Edmund Neeler : medicinal belt.

Specification of Edward Griffith Brewer : belts for preventing sea sickness.

Specification of George Kershaw : medico-electric surfaces.

Methods of and means for applying electricity to the human body.

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