Category: Quackery
Estimated Date: 1870
Name: Counter Irritant

Description: 8”, composed of a large cylinder 3.75×1.75, a smaller 2x.6 and a plunger. All made of a natural plastic except the plunger which is made of brass. A cap can be removed from the large cylinder to reveal 35 needles in three circular rows which are advanced by pushing the plunger. The theory of counter irritation led to the invention of many devices, the most famous of which was Baunschiedt’s.

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