Antique Quack Medical Device, Boyd’s Battery, Circa 1879 Up for sale is an early quack medical device used to increase a persons energy. It is marked \"Boyd\'s Battery” on the front, and on the reverse, \"Jan 17, 1878, IMP 1879, LON ENG\". The battery is composed of 12 peripheral disks of copper, brass, and white metal, surrounding a central copper rosette. Boyd promised to create a healing electrical current when pressed against your skin. The galvanic properties were released by the different metals reacting to the moisture in your skin to draw out the bad energies from your body and replace them with good energy. It is measures approximately 1 1/4 inches in diameter shows little to no wear and is in excellent useable condition. Check my other sales for some interesting items.

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