Machine to Cure Headaches
Image from modernmechanix.com. Text from the Salt Lake Tribune, Dec 10, 1939:A Machine to Cure Headaches
Sufferers from chronic headaches may be interested in the contrivance pictured herewith. The inventor calls it a mechanical chiropractor and he says that through its use it is possible to find relief from headaches, poor circulation and indigestion.
The machine is somewhat complicated but it is said to put a patient through a course of exercises as vigorous as those employed by a skilled chiropractor. It is said to also correct curvature of the spine, weakness and many other ailments in the treatment of which the average chiropractor specializes.
Sufferers from chronic headaches may be interested in the contrivance pictured herewith. The inventor calls it a mechanical chiropractor and he says that through its use it is possible to find relief from headaches, poor circulation and indigestion.
The machine is somewhat complicated but it is said to put a patient through a course of exercises as vigorous as those employed by a skilled chiropractor. It is said to also correct curvature of the spine, weakness and many other ailments in the treatment of which the average chiropractor specializes.
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Couldn't have been Klaw. She's not dressed in black. 😉
Posted by DownCrisis on 02/23/09 at 11:32 AM
Not being a great student of medieval history I can't say, definitively, that this looks like a "rack" but it strikes me that way. Or maybe I just saw it being used in some porn flick.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/23/09 at 12:13 PM
It's true, patty, and here in Canada, it's free (but there is a waiting list).
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 02/23/09 at 12:19 PM
@Sam - You should be careful when and where you choose to use a great phrase like that. Way back when I was in high school, I worked at one of those pretzel shops in the Mall like Auntie Anne's. And this guy came along and placed his order, ending it with "Would that be copacetic?" I knew the word but I had never actually heard anyone use it, so I stood there staring at him like a loon and burned his order. So keep that in mind. Walking around and saying "the contrivance pictured herewith" could result in burned pretzels.
Posted by Nethie on 02/24/09 at 12:23 AM
Looking at it better this time I noticed her legs are raised up kind of like a gyno chair. Wow! Fetishism in the name of science. I'm completely convinced that is where podiatry started (no offense to any of my WU friends who are podiatrists, just an opinion 😊 )
Posted by DownCrisis on 02/24/09 at 01:21 AM
I think so Patty. But like podiatry, you have to take the good with the bad!
Posted by DownCrisis on 02/24/09 at 08:38 AM
Yeah, but bad feet is much worse. Diseases that attack the circulatory system destroy feet because they are the furthest away and least seen (socks and shoes). I know all about the horrors. I don't want that happening to me (and I run the risk of it).
Posted by DownCrisis on 02/25/09 at 12:19 AM
Yep, I am. So I guess that means we're going to be using sugar free chocolate and peanut butter. 😉
Posted by DownCrisis on 02/25/09 at 08:46 AM
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