Good Vibrations: The History of Electrotherapy

The Rejuvenators of the Roaring 20s

Overbeck's Rejuvenator Electrical Stimulator, 1920s
How to use Overbeck's Rejuvenator.
Ailments Promised to be Cured by Overbeck's Rejuvenator.
Using the Overbeck Rejuvenator on your Shoulders
Using Overbeck Rejuvenator on the Eyes.

Popular during the Roaring 1920s and mass marketing, the Overbeck Rejuvenator and its controversial inventor, Otto Overbeck, promised to recapture youth and vitality while curing nearly all serious medical ailments. How? By applying electrodes (shaped like long tubes, combs or round plates powered by a battery) to different parts of the body delivering a low current electric shock.

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