Vintage Victorian "vibratory health device" teardown.

I can't put a date to this. It could be from the very end of the Victorian era, but I'm not sure the exact timeframe. The fabric coated rubber flex didn't seem quite right for the era, but on further inspection it appears the scary rubber tape mess inside the handle is a twisted joint between what is probably a new flex and the old stubs of an original cable.

I've since found a General Electric version which looks extremely similar, but isn't quite identical.

The vibratory massage units were one of the first electrical appliances to be invented. They were obviously for health reasons only, but that was probably just a respectable cover for their real use as pleasure devices - and not just for the ladies!

In the mid 1920's they suddenly fell from grace when they appeared in "naughty" films and their true purpose was revealed. But then returned with a bang in the 60's with no effort to hide their actual purpose.

Now that "that" industry is currently worth around $35 billion a year and surprisingly ladies purchase just over half the toys sold....


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