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Wiki notes:” The Electropoise was a fake medical instrument^] and sold in the United States of America by Hercules Sanche, who also invented and sold other fake instruments which were later termed as “electroquackery”^[2] and included such devices as the “Oxydonor” which were claimed to remedy a range of ailments”. The great commercial success of Sanchez’s devices, despite their having no real medical benefits, apart from perhaps a placebo effect, inspired others to copy them. This silver stickpin was an advertising a device sold by the Oxygenopathy Company of Macon, who presumably felt that they could cash in on Sanche’s success.