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Electropathic Belt, 1883. Advertisement for a supposedly cure-all product. 'All in Search of Health Should Wear the Pall Mall Electric Association's Electropathic Belt...To Promote the Circulation; To Stimulate the Organic Action; To Renew Vital Energy; To Assist Digestion...Universally approved by the Leading Physicians as the Best, Safest, and most Effective Remedy for SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY DERANGEMENTS, CONSTIPATION, LOSS OF NERVE POWER, DEFICIENT VITAL ENERGY, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, HYSTERIA, INDIGESTION, SLUGGISH LIVER, ETC. And has cured some of the most obstinate and distressing cases, after all other Remedies (so-called) have failed. The Electric Current it produces is THE BEST TONIC IN THE WORLD...From Dr. C. LEMPRIERE...St. John's College, Oxford: "I beg to testify that the ELECTROPATHIC BELT you sent to my order has completely answered not only as the best CURATIVE, but I dare to think PREVENTIVE. I contracted some years ago, in Syria, PERIOSTEUL RHEUMATISM, which renders me peculiarly sensitive of atmospheric change: I can, therefore, speak positively on the advantages the Belt affords; nor is my experience singular, as I constantly receive testimony from others similarly affected".' From "Illustrated London News", 1883.