4. Museums Of Questionable Medical Devices
Founded by Bob McCoy, the museum consisted of devices invented to cure maladies that existed in the early 20th century. One of the most popular devices is a foot-powered breast-enlarging pump and a device which shocked the user with the hopes of increasing virility. Curious devices such as the phrenology reader, said to be able to map a person’s brain and calculate their levels of morality and intelligence, exists in this singular museum. Another wacky device is the Buster Brown shoe-fitting fluoroscope which supposedly allowed people to peer inside their shoes in order to see how well their new shoes fit. But in 2002 the museum was closed down and now ‘The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices’ lives on as a permanent exhibit in the Science Museum of Minnesota.
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