RARE ANTIQUE SHOCK THERAPY BIG BERTHA No 59 McMANIS LABORATORIES Kirksville, MO

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RARE ANTIQUE SHOCK THERAPY McMANIS LABORATORIES Kirksville, MO BIG BERTHA No 59
FROM ESTATE of RENOWNED PHYSICIAN Dr. CHARLES FARROW
wood box ~ 13.5" x 9.5" x 6"
CONDITION REPORT: some wood seam damage on box * SOME SCRATCH * we don't know anything about it's operation
Popular Science magazine from 1927
:  shows a device similar to this and describes:
Electricity may stimulate or retard a man’s heart action, depending on where the current is applied to his body, according to remarkable tests conducted at the McManis Laboratories, Kirksville, Mo. The subject, in an “electric chair,” is subjected to electric shocks, while his heartbeats are traced on paper charts, as shown on the wall...
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