The Phelps Sanitarium was built by brothers O.S. The building was demolished in 1985, and was removed from the National Register in 1988. Washington Avenue in Battle Creek, Michigan.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. With period advertisements, promotional literature, and gadget instructions, this book offers a wealth of past-and-present medical fraud. The Phelps Sanitarium, later known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium, was a health care facility located at 197 N. Includes the Prostate Gland Warmer, Phrenology Machine, Recto Rotor, Nose Straightener, Wonder Electro Marvel, and hundreds of other quack devices. The curator of the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices shares his collection of the hilarious, horrifying, and preposterous medical devices that have been foisted upon the public in their quest for good health. The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices "An assortment of medical devices that will at once amaze, entertain, and inform you!" "Snake oil salesmen, beware!" - Time Magazine "A stunning testament to the myriad of ways people have tried to make money off the eternal ills of humankind." -New York Times
And Beyond: The Sojourner Truth Biography Truth's days in Battle Creek (Kellogg patient) part ofĪmazing Life. Truth, Kellogg, the Sanitarium and Battle Creek and History of the community of Battle Creek, Michigan.Feeling Boxed In - Story about the brothers' finances from CNN/Money.Cornflake Crusade by Gerald Carson - detailed history behind the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
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Arnold Snow, M.D., 1912 - e-textĬreek Sanitarium archive at the Willard LibraryĬreek Historical Society article on Dr. The supply of healthy oxygen to the body. Minutes of treatment it would supposedly stimulate intestinal peristalsis.Ī longer treatment would cure headackes and back pain and would also increase
The chair shakes rather violently and is painful to sit in but after a few Kellogg's Corn Flakes from the mechanotherapy department came the vibratory In the early 20th century, the Battle Creek Sanitarium was one of the
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