Masseur, electric, 'The Hodgkinson Health Machine'

Made:
1921-1940 in London
maker:
T C Hodgkinson

Masseur, electric, 'The Hodgkinson Health Machine', in original carton with instruction booklet, invented and made by T. C. Hodgkinson, 35 Westcroft Square, Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith, London, W, England, 1921-1940.

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A626220
Materials:
carton, paper, instrument, brass (nickel-plated), instrument, steel, instument, ebonite, flex, cloth, covered, core, copper and mounts, steel
type:
mechanical masseurs
credit:
Coote Lake, E.F.

Parts

Instruction booklet printed by W. England and Son

Instruction booklet printed by W. England and Son

Instruction booklet printed by W. England and Son, illustrated by the Fleet Agency, for use with Hodgkinson Health Machine

Measurements:
height 125 mm
width 101 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A626220 Pt1
type:
instructions
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Related Objects

Portable, bladeless wearable neck fan, battery powered, enabling hands free cooling of the body, 2022. These fans became commonplace during the early 2020s to keep people cool during hot weather, and they became associated with helping women manage menopause symptoms such as hot flushes.

Wearable neck fan, 2022
Vial of Calgitex Alginate ribbon gauze by Medical Alginater Ltd., Perivale, Middlesex

Vial of Calgitex Alginate ribbon gauze by Medical Alginater Ltd.
External pacemaker power source, c.1959, with pacemaker wire (slide) for charging the pacemaker

External pacemaker power source
Penis irrigator in form of glass tube with tubulure near closed end, flared mouth, by F.A. Eschbaum, Bonn, Germany, 1901-1940

Penis irrigator in form of glass tube with tubulure near closed end
Price list of Jetter & Scheerer Ltd, Tatlingen, 1900

Price list of Jetter & Scheerer Ltd
The "Ogee De Luke" electric vibrator, in carrying case, by O.G. and Co. Ltd., c.1910

The "Ogee De Luke" electric vibrator