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Bayla Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Apr 1994 04:13:16 -0400
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This one's not really 'quasi' -- the subject matter is just a bit
off-center.  It's the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, located in a
very nice shopping mall in Minneapolis-St Paul, called Riverside or
something like that.  It has all sorts of authentic quackery-stuff,
including a mechanical phrenology reader, an orgone box, an electric belt
(see the Sears catalog from about 1905 -- this was supposed to be good
for restoring vitality [read virility] to the overindulgent or naturally
feeble, as well as for minor backaches etc), etc and glorious etc.
 
There's no admission charge: the proprietor makes a bit of a living by
selling phrenology readings and reprinted snake-oil posters.  The mall
donates the space.  He's a WC Fields look-alike, just about a dead ringer,
and makes a side living doing imitations.  Oh yes, he's also a licensed
(or whatever the credential is) preacher, and officiates at weddings.
 
--bayla

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