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Category: Quackery
Estimated Date: 1886
Name: Actina Eye Restorer Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
Manufacturer: New York and London Electric Association

Description: 3” x 1.5” bell shaped cylinder steel or nickle plate, bottom is hollow with a removable stoper, for filling it, other end is narrow and has a cap which can be removed to insert in the nose. There is a leather band circling the main cylinder inscribed Actina, WC Wilson inventor no 26180 pat May 11, 1886 no 341, 712 Box says Actina, The wonder of the 19th century with a warning for genuine article.

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