The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices had more than 250 quack medical devices in their collection. Though a small museum, it featured the largest display of quack devices in the U.S. About two-thirds of our collection was on permanent loan from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Bakken Library, the American Medical Association, and the St. Louis Science Center. Other devices have been donated over the years by generous individuals and government consumer protection agencies. The Collection now is in the hands of The Science Museum of Minnesota.

Our on-line device collection features:

ACU-DOT Magnetic Analgesic Patches
Battle Creek Vibratory Chair
Chiropractic Quackery:  The Toftness Radiation Detector
Contemporary Quackery
Electropathy
Foot Operated Breast Enlarger Pump, 1976
Gas Grill Igniters:  The Stimulator and the Crystaldyne Pain Reliever
History of the Psychograph
MacGregor Rejuvenator 1932
Micro-Dynameter 1963
Micro-dynameter Type A, 1936  
Natural Eye Sight System
Prostate Cures
The Psychograph: An Antique Phrenology Machine
Phlebotomy:  The Ancient Art of Bloodletting
Quick Links to Electrical Quackery
The Radium Case
Radium Ore Revigator
Relaxacisor
Spectro-Chrome
Shoe-Fitting X-ray Device
The Timely Warning
The Vibrometer
Violet Ray Generators

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Watch clips of curator Bob McCoy's many television appearances in our:
Video Vault!

 

"A stunning testament to the myriad of ways people have tried to make money off the eternal ills of humankind." -New York Times "Snake oil salesmen, beware!" - Time Magazine "An assortment of medical devices that will at once amaze, entertain, and inform you!" -Late Night With David Letterman Amazon.com Rating

Quack! Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices by Bob McCoy, Curator   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. Includes the Prostate Gland Warmer, Phrenology Machine, Recto Rotor, Nose Straightener, Wonder Electro Marvel, and hundreds of other quack devices. With period advertisements, promotional literature, and gadget instructions, this book offers a wealth of past-and-present medical fraud. Order here: Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices

 

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