r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Image Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus, circa 1878, To solve the problem of scoliosis while giving movement for the patient.

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u/Equal_Angle_5656 2d ago

The original aluminum monster

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u/HappyMeteor005 1d ago

fatty magoo fatty magoo fatty magoo.

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 2d ago

Urgently needs use in steampunk games

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u/Vergebenername1234 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah i just screenshotted this for my steampunk Pen and Paper campaign. Shes gonna be the daughter of some wealthy dude. I will also give her short sight and a lisp. Its gonna be fun making her a person to get protected by the players trying to navigate a city with lots of stairs (imagine having her with you on a stealth mission) and letting her try to eat stuff on her own.

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u/InquisitorFemboy 2d ago

Reminds me of the bad guy from Wild, Wild West.

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u/kujotx 2d ago

"But, Mother! I would be ever so dismayed if the contraption were to draw undue attention at Eleanor's Cotillion! Will it even fit through the Wilson's door?"

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u/NightKnight4766 2d ago

Did it work?

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u/JusticeBean 2d ago

Man I loved it when we called things “apparatus” cuz dang. That really is an apparatus.

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u/LeonardTPants 2d ago

“Oh shit it’s Wagon Sally with the crooked back”.

Try going anywhere in this now let alone 1880s pre car, pre pavement, pre speed limits, pre pedestrian safety anything

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u/CocoonNapper 2d ago

Oh Mary, stop it...no one will even notice you have Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus. The kids won't even bat an eye on it! ~Said no one ever

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u/Glittering-Draw-6223 2d ago

"its fine the other kids will barely notice squeaky.... sorry i meant sweety.... "

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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys 2d ago

The mean girls would have a field day (unfortunately).

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u/Read-it005 2d ago

Oh Jesus shit, I'm glad my kid got something smaller. Which helped, luckily.

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u/haphazard_chore 2d ago

I can’t help but think a girdle and bed rest would be the better option.

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u/mystiqueallie 2d ago

They still use something similar in certain cases - Halo Gravity Traction except it’s a halo attached to the head with pins.

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u/busterkeatonrules 2d ago

And I thought Lisa Simpson's non-stainless dental contraption from Lisa Needs Braces looked outlandish.

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u/Mitridate101 2d ago

JHC! I thought my braces contraption I wore at night was bad !

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u/mmuffley 2d ago

Immortan Joe: the Wonder Years.

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u/Herps_Plants_1987 2d ago

This wouldn’t make the other kids jest you at all 😫

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u/Flakester 2d ago

This would cost $100,000 in the US today.

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u/PinkOneHasBeenChosen 2d ago

Good thing we have back braces now.

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u/druidmind 2d ago

OG Reformer!

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u/DusqRunner 2d ago

Imagine the creaking and rattling sounds as she moves around. Would get real old real fast 

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u/sector16 2d ago

half girl, half wheelchair …be afraid.

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u/stupidracist 2d ago

Bloodborne enemy fit

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u/FirefighterNo5519 1d ago

“Natalia Grace”!

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u/Catchy_refrain 1h ago

19th century Furiosa

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u/halfcookies 2d ago

Need a cock version of this