1899
Calliano Belt for the Prevention of Seasickness
Adolf HohensteinGerman (active Italy), 1854 - 1928
The extensive claims made for electric belts were widely believed in an era when double- blind studies for effectiveness were nonexistent. Cures promised for both men and women included relief of impotency, weakness, exhaustion, blood, skin, venereal, and nervous diseases, melancholia, and even seasickness.
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