New Mechanical Chiropractor (Dec, 1932)
This looks like it might be a Pandiculator.
New Mechanical Chiropractor
WITH a machine like the one shown he-low in your home, there’s no longer any excuse for headaches. At least, that is what the inventor claims for his mechanical chiropractor, which also is supposed to correct curvature of the spine, speed up the circulation and aid digestion. It is self-operated, the patient himself supplying the propelling energy. The machine has a stretching and massaging action on the body structure which is said to promote health and tone up the system generally. It was demonstrated at a recent Chiropractor’s Association meeting in Los Angeles.
I saw this in a Japanese animated film once. I think it involved tentacles of some kind…
They’re a bit more expensive these days:
http://www.masterrsdung…
(and the only model shown isn’t anywhere near as cute or cutely attired)
..,mechanical Chiropractor? how can we assure the safety of this thing??
best boise chiropractor: Well, it’s safer in that it won’t be against vaccinations
http://www.chirobase.or…
And it’s not manipulating her neck http://www.quackwatch.o…
Didn’t a motorised one almost kill James Bond near
the beginning of the movie ‘Thunderball’?
jayessell: Little bit http://www.tcm.com/medi…
Mechanical Chiropractor is a really great invention., But the question is, IS IT AFFORDABLE?
Charlie, it looks just like the Pandiculator but the 1916 patent drawing for it shows a motor.
spokane chiropractor: Correct as usual Doc, it wasn’t a great invention at least according to the Post Office when they banned one that looked suspiciously like this model in 1942
this is good machine but how can we assure the safety of this thing?.
toronto chiropractor: OK, when talking about an article from 1932 you’re better off using the past tense. And as I wrote (and I’m sure that you read) this item is probably the one banned by the Post Office in 1942.
Modern Mechanix and Inventions: Scientific advancements and bondage gear; what a magazine!