Actina (pocket battery) 1886

actina2, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

One of the amazing objects sent by Angelica in Texas. The box also has papers with adverts for other medical electrical devices.I found a quote on the internet of the mixture of nasty dangerous chemicals that the inventor, a Mr W.C.Wilson claims will cure all and make your eyes and nose burn...I bet they did.
A link sent from Alan..thank you Alan.
http://kansascitystories.com/Science/actina.html