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(ELECTRO-MEDICAL MACHINE). Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases. Patented Aug. 1, 1854. Manufactured and Sold by W.H. Burnap, New York. 10" x 4.5" x 4.5". Cherry with brass fittings, crank and electrodes. Complete. . Some scratches to case but fine with pictorial printed label, entirely entact, inside lid. With the signature of Burnap attesting that this is a genuine machine as described. $450.00

 

One of the brass parts has the date of patent as per broadside label, and the box is stamped with a patent date of April 18, 1854. Early and fine.