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glazed stoneware hair dryer, one of two, with wooden handle and stopper, ' Thermicon' made by Hincks & Co., 20 Bucklersbury, London EC, maker, English, 1880-1900. Full view, graduated grey background. | Wellcome Collection
Is there any basis in science to support the claims that are made by manufacturers of hair dryers and other hair appliances that are said to use tourmalines, negative ions, etc? -
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