20 things from the past that raise a lot of questions today (21 photos)

It is a widely known fact that many things to which we used to today, in the past they looked completely different. For example, giant computers instead of a compact device or a mechanical a toy that can scare even an adult. Take a look!




1. MRI helmet



In the 80s, with the help of this helmet, doctors performed MRI brain. Coils on the sides served as antennas that picked up magnetic signals.

2. Lead pads for breastfeeding mothers



Pads were made for breastfeeding mothers to protect cracked nipples. They were made from lead, and the harmful effects of this metal, in the XVIII - XIX centuries, was unknown.

3. Bourdal



Bourdalue is a vessel used by ladies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for the toilet.

4. Urinal for gentlemen after meals



With the help of this vessel, men could urinate without even leaving the table.

5. Portable electromagnetic neurosis treatment machine



Our ancestors believed that force and electric current cured many diseases.

6. Baby food blender



France, 1930

7. Mechanical toy



Late 19th century German pumpkin toy playing the accordion.

8. X-ray machine



France, early twentieth century.

9. 256 MB hard drive



This is what 256 MB of memory looked like in 1979. Today is the easiest A smartphone is capable of storing 30 times more information at much smaller size.

10. Men's two-piece swimsuit



This man was fined for dressing inappropriately. Netherlands, 1931

11. Vibrating bra



Massage bra for firming breasts, 1971.

12. A baby stroller that can walk up stairs



Dr. Wilhelm Jrgens Pettersson demonstrates his invention, 1956.

13. Doll "Frozen Charlotte"



A porcelain doll in a small coffin was intended for children. The box had an ambiguous message written on it: "Don't talk too much." The name "Frozen Charlotte" was taken from a ballad about a girl who was very brash and died because she talked too much. United States, nineteenth century.

14. Robot - baby



Nobody wanted to buy this mechanical baby. However the reason for the failure of the sale was not the appearance of the toy, but its weight and a bizarre mechanism that could be quickly broken.

15. Kobe, 100 years ago, Japanese children played with these dolls.



16. Carnival masks, Venice, 1930



17. Helmet "virtual reality"



Theoretically, such a helmet was supposed to deprive the owner of communication with the outside world, Germany, 1967

18. Facial skin tightening massager, Europe, 1900



19. Smart watch



Games and even a mini printer were built into this Seiko model, Japan, 1984

20. Fire helmet



The fire helmet looked like Darth Vader. France, late nineteenth century.