The Out of Our League, Lucky Fall Premier
Lot 137:
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Antique Elco Violet Ray Medical Cure All Machine. High Frequency Generator – Rare Medical Equipment.
Antique Elco Violet Ray Machine. High Frequency Generator – Rare Medical Equipment.
In 1890, Heinrich Hertz produced electromagnetic radiation, confirming Maxwell’s predictions of twenty years earlier. D’Arsonval’s experiments in 1891 found that the Hertzian waves had very few perceptible effects of the sort found at lower frequencies. Tesla, in America, suggested physicians experiment with the heating effects of radio waves; D’Arsonval and his collaborator Paul Marie Oudin, using Tesla apparatus modified for greater safety, proceeded to do so.
Made and distributed by Lindstrom & Company, this electric device was advertised as a cure for a wide variety of diseases and illnesses including anemia, asthma, backache, bronchitis, blackheads, colic, constipation, dandruff, deafness, eye trouble, epilepsy, female troubles, freckles, heart trouble, migraine, obesity, pimples, piles, ringworm, sore feet, stomach troubles, tonsilitis, weak eyes, wrinkles, writers cramp and many other ailments. The electric powered device is contained in a wooden case and includes three glass attachments and two metal attachments. When plugged in, a blue light shines through the glass attachments creating a curative violet ray as well as ozone for the cure of blood disorders.
12"W x 8"D x 4"H
Condition: case has some wear..the apparatus looks good
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