METHUSELAH ARCHIVE CLAIMS
Claim · 1916 · Electronic Reactions of Abrams (ERA)

The Oscilloclast cures disease by broadcasting back at the diseased tissue the same 'electronic vibratory rate' the disease emits, until the patient is 'cleared' of the reaction, restoring the body's proper electronic condition.

testimonialrefuted made by Albert Abrams intervention Electronic Reactions of Abrams (ERA)

The therapeutic claim of the Electronic Reactions of Abrams. Having assigned each disease a ‘vibratory rate,’ Abrams reversed the procedure and built the Oscilloclast to emit a chosen rate, said to neutralize the disease. The American Medical Association’s 1923 statement records that the Oscilloclast ‘is not for sale’ but leased under a contract not to open the sealed device. The evidentiary base was practitioner and patient testimonial; no controlled outcome data were published. The claim is refuted: the Scientific American committee (1923-1924) concluded the claims of ERA and ‘electronic practice in general, are not substantiated,’ and Nature’s 1925 engineering analysis found the apparatus functionless apart from a rocking magnetic interrupter passing about a micro-ampere of current. Classified testimonial because the cure claim rested entirely on uncontrolled report.

Sources

  1. New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment — Abrams, Albert. *New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment: Physico-Clinical Medicine, the Practical Application of the Electronic Theory in the Interpretation and Treatment of Disease*. San Francisco: Philopolis Press, 1916. Internet Archive: newconceptsindia00abra.
  2. What the American Medical Association Thinks of the Electronic Reactions of Abrams — 'What the American Medical Association Thinks of the Electronic Reactions of Abrams.' The Dental Register. 1923 Mar;77(3):117-124. PMID 33703850. PMCID PMC7872713.
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