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Date: | 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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