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The Rectorotor, 1910s?

"The Latest and Most Efficient Invention for the Quick Relief of Piles, Constipation, and Prostate Trouble."

Behind a cut to hide the shockingly graphic nature of the device, with its "lubricating vent holes".



"none other able to reach the Vital Spot to such good purpose"  o_O

What can I say, but that it's real.  And that it was likely used for many and sundry unintended purposes.  From The Museum of Quackery.

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Date: 2012-02-01 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freezer.livejournal.com
I think Adam & Eve still sells this.

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