Each year around Halloween, Medical Design & Outsourcing puts together a list of antique medical devices that might make you glad to be alive today.

Historically, medical devices could be scary and unorthodox. Surprisingly, some people still thought them helpful until the FDA started preapproving devices in the 1970s. There are a handful of museums in the U.S. that display some of these earliest medical devices and quackery devices. Be warned: The experience can be spooky. You might wonder how the devices ever worked.

Here are five medical history museums to check out in some of the top U.S. medtech hubs.

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