Category: Quackery
Estimated Date: 1870
Name: Baunschiedt Lebenswecker

Description: 10” long, made of some sort of thermoplastic. A cap unscrews from the end to reveal a plate with numerous sharp needles. The other end is a 2” rod which can be pulled back activating a spring. When the rod is released the needles thrust forward to perforate the skin. Scratched on the main tube is C. Baunscheidt, endenic, bon inventor, patent Baunscheidt, a crown and several partials.

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