A large Truchot spider electrode for administering a sephaic douche by Ducretet
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Circa
1900
Country of manufacture
France
Description
A quite rare and large example (17cm diameter for the spider and 57 height for the entire instrument) of a Charles Truchot spider for static/cephalic douche signed “E. Ducretet Paris”.
This electrotherapy device was used with a electrical machine.
A rare and quite decorative electrical and medical device.
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Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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