The company also claimed that it would cure “cripples, paralytics, the corpulent, the insane, and the blind.”
This appears to be a modern photo of a surviving example.

The company also claimed that it would cure “cripples, paralytics, the corpulent, the insane, and the blind.”
This appears to be a modern photo of a surviving example.

I figured the springs were under great tension, and the handles are a release mechanism that ejection seats your ass up through the celing.