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Hot Box

Hot Box

A vintage steam cabinet and other skeletons of therapy equipment remained in the dank basement. A glimpse of these steam cabinets in use can be found in the brochure:


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these machines keep popping up on different loations... must have been real populair...

or do you guys carry one around from place to place..?
A great shot.
Murky remains lying in the shadows.
Fascinating comparison, once again!
There were even around in the 1950's. An early episode of I Love Lucy called (appropriately) "The Diet" showed one of these in the Ricardo bedroom that Lucy stayed in all day to lose some weight in a hurry.
After reading the brochure, I would have loved to go there! Looks like a blast! Apparently they treated everything known to man.
That photo of the "sun ray lamp" looks a little powerful, what the heck kind of light source was that, a carbon arc or something? Talk about skin cancer, 10 minutes under that thing and you were probably "well done" for sure!
The zombies are down there, they're still using those. Very physically fit zombies they are.
you guys crack me up!
thanks for makin' me laugh. bless you all.

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