2. Treatment: Cure or Quack Medicine

2. Enema syringes: c. 1700, a large enema syringe,
pewter, as seen in the 17th-century engraving.
Two smaller enema syringes: c. 1830–1900,
ceramic, glass and metal (used also for ear
rinsing). Different size spouts could be stored
in the container on the handle.
3. D.C. electromagnetic generator, 1840. A
plethora of imaginary beneficial claims were
listed inside its lid. Though these claims were
false, electricity is used nowadays for nerve
stimulation, pain control, muscle activation
and though it is not used to resurrect
Frankenstein from the dead (Mary Shelley
1818), it is used for cardiac stimulation and
defibrillation.
4. Two rare eye massage instruments, "Neu-
Vita Eye Ocular Masseurs Assoc. Southwark
England”, 1929–1962. Each of the eyepieces
contains a concave piston, following the
eyeball curvature. Squeezing the rubber bulbs,
the pistons are pushed forward against the
eye. It isn't clear whether it was done with
open or closed eyelids. The first c. 1920 model
and the last c. 1960 model, with its box, pillbox
to prepare eye drops before use, the manual
and a personal letter to a user.

5. Branston high-frequency violet ray generator:
c. 1900, another quack, cure-all contraption
used as the electromagnetic generator “in the
treatment of skin diseases, eye problems, vaginal
and uterine problems, e.g. neuralgia of the
uterus or ovaries, inflammation of the bladder,
and in cases of delayed or painful menstruation;
care of rectal problems, e.g. stricture,
hemorrhoids, piles, rectal abscesses and all
catarrhal conditions of the intestines;
also used for spine ailments, hay fever, lung
and bronchial troubles, anemia, appendicitis,
arteriosclerosis, atomic dilation of the
stomach, baldness, birthmarks, brain fog,
breast development, Bright's Disease, burns,
catarrh, chronic ulcers, deafness, diabetes,
dyspepsia, insomnia, gray hair, gout, obesity,
and a wide range of other ailments.”