The very latest craze in Victorian medical quackery! This new fandangle notion of the electricity’s is a cure for all aliments! If you have Runny Nose, Polio, Pink eye, Small Pox and a touch of Plague, with a little bit of tooth ache thrown in, this ‘treatment’ may very well be what you received in 1874, what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. …. Well that would have been the hope!

Thankfully this is inert and is not capable of building up a charge, the idea is to crank the handle while the patent / victim holds the brass handles and receives a shock – size of which depends on how fast the handle is cranked.

It is damaged, there is no belt for the crank wheel for example, please refer to pics. The label inside the box says at the bottom.

‘FIRST-CLASS PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED TO JOESPH GRAY & CO., TRUSS WORKS, SHEFFIELD, AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, LONDON 1862 FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS”

Clearly an antique display item, a curiosity if you will, but it was intended as a medical device when these were invented over 150 years ago, but technically T-Me guidelines say I need to include the phrase “Consult a medical professional first and follow the instructions."

Please refrain from asking for a “buy now”, in fairness to all our potential bidders, we prefer to let our auctions run their course.

Buyer must pick-up (Upper Riccarton – not far from Tower Junction), or arrange own courier (We cannot arrange shipping or postage for you, we can package most items however).

Collection is expected within 7 days.