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Relax-a-Cizor, Medical Quackery or Just Ahead of its Time?

korn
korn over 6 years ago

Anybody have any "Medical" devices in the attic?

 

Ever look at how they work?

 

I used to have a Diathermy machine and a weird high voltage stimulator that used gas filled tubes.

 

I worked at a hospital and dealt with "Real" equipment but I'm still amazed at what oddball stuff will sell....

 

I have a couple of Tens devices and never gave them much thought. Never used them either....

 

Then this thing...

 

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I have this Relax-A-Cizor that I had to open up and have a look at.

 

The lower section still has the pads so I guess thats off to the trash.....

 

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I opened it up to have a quick look. When I have time I want to put it on the bench and have a look at the output on a scope. While I'm at it I have to try a couple of the new Tens units on the scope. Didn't expect to see tubes. and even branded relax-a-cizor tubes...

 

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Really weird how they use a motor to drive a cam to pulse the outputs. Then again thats how the Old Mercury Cougar sequential tail lights worked so I guess is period correct.....

 

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Simple output controls...

 

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Nothing looks to bad so time to put it on a Variac and see what happens...

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  • dougw
    dougw over 6 years ago +2
    korn Those images are all inaccessible....
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 6 years ago in reply to korn +1
    I wonder if I can get a badge for breaking a post.......... unlikely because plenty of others have broken it as well. I'm tending to think that suitcase of death applies current to exercise the muscles…
  • Burnt_Up
    Burnt_Up over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

    Honestly I've heard of a few of the first ones I mean the Easter party I've known of they actually still have these occasionally not necessarily with the machine but yes. And some of the other things are quite obvious and where they came from and what they became as far as the modern stuff not really into it that much but some of the other things I have experimented with is a violet wand and many different pieces for it wardenburg Wheels etc

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