M0019378: Galvanic anti-neuralgia headband

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Headband containing metal discs to cure neuralgia.

Photograph of the galvanic anti-neuralgia headband, c.1900, with box and instruction leaflet, which claimed to cure neuralgia by electrotherapy. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1952 and accessioned in 1952 (accession number R11/1952)

March 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R11/1952

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.