Home Medical Apparatus No. 4 D. D. and No. 5. Boston: C.H. Goldthwaite & Co., ca. 1890s–1920s. Pair of electropathic quack medical devices intended for at-home electro-therapy. Includes dry cell battery, metallic hand tube electrodes, conducting cords, and sponge electrodes housed in wooden carrying case. Also known to be manufactured by J.H. Bunnell & Co. Each case 8 ¾ x 5 ¼ x 4 ½". Set No. 4 appears nearly complete. No. 5 is missing several components. Non-functional.
“The Home Medical Apparatus was used by physicians in their offices and when they traveled to patients' homes during the late 19th and early 20th century. It was a medical battery for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. There is an accompanying booklet titled "The Electrophilic Guide: Prepared with particular reference to home practice; Containing hints on the care of the sick, the treatment of disease and the use of electricity: with Full directions for Treating over 100 diseases". This guide was written by S.M. Wells in 1899 and was designed to be used in conjunction with this device. This device sold for $10 during the 1890–1920 period, and was used by the Raub doctors."
– Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum