Contest Entry: Electropathic Belt, 1884

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

From The Illustrated London News, 1884

Comments

YES

[ifeelicky.livejournal.com]

well... of course!

[ropo.livejournal.com]

I especially like "away with quack nostrums!" as if this isn't one. Heehee!

yes

[gotham-syren.livejournal.com]

Beware of fraudulent imitations! Because the original works so well?

[spyderfyngers.livejournal.com]

I have an original copy of one of these on my wall.

YES

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

The Sears Roebuck catalogue had some illustrations that showed the, um, suspensory.

Re: YES

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

Heh, heh. I think I've seen that illustration.

(I've also seen an ad for an Australian version. "Electropathic belts" must have been all the rage in the 19th century!)