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10 Scary Antique Medical Devices for Halloween
October 22, 2015
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10. Beauty MicrometerAlthough not technically a medical device, the beauty micrometer certainly is a scary-looking gadget. The micrometer was used to measure the profile of a woman’s face to detect flaws. Used in the 1930s, the device was invented by famous beautifician Max Factor. As Wired puts it, the “Clockwork Orange style device”combines “phrenology, cosmetics and a withering pseudo-scientific analysis."Image courtesy of Wikipedia.Continue >>
10 Scary Antique Medical Devices for Halloween
With Halloween a little over a week away, we’ve rounded up 10 medical devices from yesteryear that will send a chill down your spine.
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