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Doll-sized hot water bottle from 1939 for treating toothaches and facial pain [1]

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Date: 2023-07-02

This doll-sized hot-water bottle from 1939 was made to sit on one's face. If you had a toothache, you could rest it on your outer cheek as you lay in bed.

This actually looks super useful, as it can be filled with hot water or crushed ice. I'm sure it was useful for zits as well, because putting a full sized ice pack on your face to calm down a zit can be overkill.

The only downside I can imagine here is that the tiny water bottle might lose its temperature too quickly. It's so cute though, I want one just to keep on my shelf at the very least.

From Instagram:

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