The Strangest Inventions Known To Man (24 pics)

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18th Century Witches Chair, a torture device intending to cause death by blood loss

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17th century poison cabinet

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Victorian post-mortem photography

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1850 antique bloodletting fleams

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16th century male chastity belt

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Her picture taken after death, look closely you can see the stand holds her up

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Early 1900s Mummy Head Carnival Side Show Tent Prop

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In London Post Office rules stated that game, including rabbits, could be posted with nothing but a neck label as long as "no liquid is likely to exude" 1938

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Great Sale of Slaves..look at the descriptions of each slave

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Artificial toe discovered in 2000 in the tomb of Tabeketenmut in the necropolis of Thebes, near Luxor. The wood and leather device is hinged for comfort and believed to be the oldest functioning prosthesis ever found

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Early 19th century french vampire hunting kit

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Medical bone saws

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Artificial left arm, Europe, 1850-1910

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Victorian morphine set

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Mary Magdalene in the basilica crypt of St. Maximinin la Saint Baume in France

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Spring-Loaded Penis in a Box, 19th century

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Heads and baby arms in the Mutter Museum, Philadelphia

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Two Anatomical Models, 17th Century

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Old medical poster

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Vintage freak show

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Papier Mache gynecological model created byDr Louis Auzoux c 1880

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Vintage halloween costume

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Victorian era caged grave believed to keep the dead from escaping their tomb, in case if they should return as a vampire.