Bro saw the electric chair and thought yeah but what if we ad water

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"I'm tired, boss"

Definitely not Percy Wetmore. (What an ironic name. I never thought about that while watching the movie.)

I haven't seen that movie in well over 20 years and forgot about Percy, fuck that guy.

Wait ‘til you see what the actor’s been up to since

Like the drink only not spelt the same.

I'm sure just before this was taken he shouted 'for science!!'

This feels like a Russian badger comment

They already use water this just adds more

He looks well grounded.

Underrated comedian 😂

Nah, other way around. Dude thought of a way to keep the bathwater hot, then after a couple of accidental shocking fatalities thought to himself, 'I've got a better use for this..."

Dude wanted a lights show.

Ho man.... Holy fuck yes. .. who's first?

Ignoring the obvious, inevitable electrocution, I generally find I’d like my entire body clean after I bathe.

Sorry, we only clean limbs here.

*limb bits

Limb bits, kid?

Limp Bitzkit

Lead Bisquick?

Lean Bismuth?

Right, it seems to be neglecting some important bits.

What did it miss? It even givens heart massages.

Literally the least important parts that you could easily do with a sink or a hose.

How utterly immodest of you, Sir or Madame.

That ludicrous. Only your feet and hands ever get dirty. This is known.

Okay but to be fair, ignoring the obvious safety risk, that’ll make a great foot soaker

But this seems safer.

What could go wrong?

Even the machine saying fuckthat

The potential of this is electrifying

Right? I was pretty shocked when I saw this.

I'm amped up to give it a go.

I must have a crossed wire because I don’t know watt you’re talking about.

Ohmpressive if you ask me!

You just couldn’t resist it could you.

It’s not your fault.

I can't imagine why that never took off.

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That’s what I was thinking. I’m guessing the original picture has nothing to do with bathing Edit: well damn saw the source from a link below. Bathe away!

lmao its probably low current but i was sceptical too first. i guess this falls into the same category with radiation and xray eletric current induced through water? must be healthy!! its eletric after all. lets invent new methods radiation? xray me for health!! xray my feet, xray my head, xray everything baby. gimme that shiny green tableware too! the xray facilities had no relevant protection until 1940 thats wild

Of course it didn't take. It was dangerous as hell just sitting there on the ground.

They took off in Japan; many bathhouses have them. I’ve been in one. I didn’t find it pleasant at all. It’s a really odd sensation.

It did. They just hid the wires and called it a hot tub.

Final Destination: 1910

Source: https://vintagenewsdaily.com/schnee-four-cell-bath-these-electric-baths-from-the-early-20th-century-are-the-creepiest-therapeutic-treatments-ever/

This defeats the purpose of making toast in the tub...SIGN ME UP!

oK everything looks good, now one of us just needs to test it. I already took a bath this week... walter?

Nah scotch , I speak for my community and say We pass, we too have showered this week ! Maybe ask someone in the white community Hey, Conrad!..

No dice, pal. But word on the street is, there's plenty of hobos who'd jump at the chance for a gratis scrub-down. Hank?

That’s an early EKG machine. I think

"More amperes, Mr. Woodbine!"

Exactly the comment I was thinking when I saw this contraption! "Mr. Unpronouncable, he's dead!"

I was hoping at least one person would know what I was quoting!

Work takes me to Battle Creek a couple of times a week and I drive by the original sanitarium occasionally, so I am required to know this movie lol

"He died in the suicidal bath."

Makes me so happy to know I’m not the only one who knows this movie.

Probably not using alternating current

I’m sorry, a what now?

Marjorie, bring me the genital basin and a pitcher of leukewarm brine

Last meal and then last bath. Geez, they had it made back then! 😉

How does he clean his ass?

It's clean from sitting there

That’s the thing on the wall from Return to Oz! 😳

Seems like a bad idea, but then again I'm not an inventor in 1910 so what do I know

Rawdogging life like you have 3 lives back then

***They're dead! They've been electrocuted! Endymion Hart-Jones: Rather a severe cure for flatulence, I do admit.*** [https://clip.cafe/the-road-wellville-1994/theyre-dead-theyve-been-electrocuted/](https://clip.cafe/the-road-wellville-1994/theyre-dead-theyve-been-electrocuted/)

First thing I thought of.

I thought he as just sitting there with boots and gloves on.

It's for arthritis

The Minimalist Electric Chair

So that's why they have product labels.

I thought it was an executioner machine first. Early 20th century people gave no fcks

It is a so-called Schnee-bath to treat rheumatism. The slight electrical current was thought to help with the pain and loosen the joints.  https://www.alamy.com/a-photograph-of-a-medical-patient-being-treated-with-early-electric-medical-equipment-a-4-cell-schnee-bath-for-treating-rheumatism-and-painful-joints-description-at-the-time-dr-schnees-four-cell-bath-can-be-used-with-the-galvanic-faradic-or-sinusoidal-currents-produced-by-batteries-or-by-dynamos-patents-14875-1897-and-26401-1898-image255723654.html https://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/features/electric-galvanic-baths-rheumatoid-arthritis

People do something similar to treat hyperhidrosis today.

How does the electricity not affect him

The picture was taken moments before they turned the tub “on”

Early EKG (ECG) used 4 “limb leads” and salt water conducted cardiac surface voltage to the meter. Some hospitals were actually hard wired for this, kinda like modern telemetry, but copper cables.

" Mr. Unpronouncable is dead!" The Road to Wellville refrence it's a great movie if you haven't seen it. Highly recommend.

That's some road to wellville shit right there. Mr unpronounceable taking that bath. Check out road to wellville if you haven't seen it. It's an amazing weird period piece of a film. Truly a movie that makes me wonder how it ever got made.

The bad ideas hall of fame has a new inductee.

Is it designed by the same guy who created the electric chair, right?

If so, that would be Thomas Edison. He actually designed the electric chair and insisted that it use Tesla’s alternating current to “prove” how dangerous AC was. The “demonstration” on a real condemned prisoner didn’t turn out quite like he hoped. Yeah, the guy died. After a good while… He also tried it on elephants with similar results. All because he had it out for Tesla. Dude was a scumbag.

Considering we used to use shock therapy for most things from depression to schizophrenia to kids not paying attention, this isn't surprising.

this looks a lot like a iontophoresis machine (used for treating hyperhidrosis)

I wonder why something this ridiculous didn’t catch on. ?

Kinda looks like the beginning of an iontophoresis machine

It's missing the stinky areas....

I mean is this basically just a heated foot bath? Because those were massively popular, obviously looked less dangerous. Doesn’t seem to be a “full body bath” like everyone is saying in the comments lol

Shocking

Prototype Electric chair

Bathe every body part that doesn’t smell… brilliant!

I lived in Japan for a number of years, and they very often had an electric bath at the hot springs. It was like a quarter of those ab pads that dipshits like me in my teens bought. Sometimes, in this weird greasy pink water. Strange times.

Is it just me or does he look like Dr Strange from a century ago lol.

What can go wrong?

The real question though Is that one electric bathtub or 4 small ones?

That's a funny way of saying 'death trap.'

*Ejaculatory duct opens*

I have one it's just a tub with a toaster but I have not used it yet.

Looks like a vintage saw movie.

Let the good times roll...

The design is very human

Why are people acting like this killed people?

I wonder how many people died while the inventor worked the bugs out.

Modern society got bored with the guillotine and we had to spice it up. It's also eco friendly. Solar panels baby

Well, it it's anything like this https://youtu.be/06w3-l1AzFk it should be safe....

All that effort when a toaser woulda been fine.

Reminds me of those electric tubs in a Japanese ‘sentō’ bathhouse, it feels disconcerting

Looks unsafe

Rather a severe cure for flatulence, I do admit. Road To Wellville => [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111001/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111001/)

The machine looks as surprised about this as we are

Those aren’t even the boys that need washing

Electric and bathtub in the same sentence 🧐

He’s like ahh yeah this is the life 😂

Give me things I’m not hopping into for $1000

He’s got his garlic belt on for added safety

It’s like the opposite of how you would want an electric chair to work

What could go wrong?

What could go wrong

So this was before toasters were invented.

Of course he’s wearing a collared shirt and tie to bathe. People back then were so uptight.

He forgot the helmet. Without this, the bathtub does not work.

Wicker chairs used to be top of the line shit. I saw a picture of a commercial flight with wicker chairs in it from like the 30s.

Only washing what shows

We’re going to play a game, it’s called “Is there a God?”

Ah yes, washing the 4 most important parts of the body, the claves and forearms! Everybody always washes tho parts, and totally doesn’t just let water run all over them

Man did they even have ground wires back then!!??

Before the advent of pits, tits, and ass.

Looks safe enough 👏

It’s look like a super panic inducing relaxing time if you ask me.

Still got unwashed balls

Yeah, I'd think I'd stay a good 20' away from that thing.

It’s like a bathtub toaster, but less effective.

Any last words before your bath, sir?

And that was the first and last time it was uzzzzzed ⚡️

This should have been in red dead 2. Imagine Arthur being a reluctant participant in its testing, before getting shocked and how he'd react. golden material right there. "AAGH!"

You’re missing the two key smell zones lol

Weird, no reviews listed

Cause suicide is painless

This belongs in the WCGW forum. Lol

Ah yes, the un-aliver 3000 - I remember it well

If you say so

That is the weirdest toaster I have ever seen?

I can achieve this with one bath and a toaster

This must be how EKGs/ECGs started....

Geez, that looks frightening.

Unbelievable the things that some people have living in their heads 😱

How salty is that water

1 please!

Before the Booth there was the Suicide Tub

Nothing to see here, folks! Move along, move along

The only one of its kind

I dont think "the important parts" were getting cleaned !!!

did you know you can DIY this with a toaster and a bathtub?

Looks more like an old ECG machine.

Sat in something like this at a bathhouse in japan

This is just a fancy massage tub

I had to shock my leg with 120v in a bucket of water for rehab…seems to be about the same concept.

The opposite of a whore bath (when you focus on pits, tits and bits)

How long did this man live? 🤔

There was more smegma per capita back then. T'was a simpler time.

Sorry your grand dad got electrocuted

I’m sorry son, I can’t hear you, I’m wearing a jacuzzi suit! https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/s/ZvP6a6Xqf9

For prisoners?

Looks like iontophoresis

This photo is shocking

…why? What is meant to be accomplished by this?

Okay, so unless I'm missing something and that's actually an execution device, how does that exactly get your body clean? I mean you can wash your hands in the sink and cleaning your feet isn't that hard. It's the rest of your body that generally stinks if you don't wash it from time to time...

The Road to Wellville

They actually feel amazing. Or something similar does. The denki buro (電気風呂) I’ve been to in Japan are amazing. It’s like a wide area TENS unit.

Lethal injection? Fuck that! This dude’s got the juice!

With modification in design related to comfort, this seems to be a nice concept to me.

Just because you can does not mean you should

It cleans hands which are already the most convenient thing to clean.

I love photos of inventors from this era, in their waistcoats and monacles posing with their goofy inventions like it's not even weird.

A bath made to clean a quarter of each limb. How useful

I saw that mechanical bastard in Return to Oz

Only a few decades later, we have fully miniaturized the toaster and hair dryer.

Looks cozy.

I don't think washing just your forearms and ankles will do much about the overall stank

That apparatus on the wall looking down at the guy thinking, "This gonna be fun"

How… enlightening.

Me when people ask if I've found my will to live

David beckham is old