METHUSELAH ARCHIVE LINEAGE / ELECTRICAL-VITALITY
Lineage

Electrical vitality

Use current, magnetism, vibration, or an electrical-looking device to diagnose or treat disease, pain, or bodily decline.
span:1780–present
cases:6
status:live terminus
terminus:Tesla BioHealing Biophoton Generators (BioHealer / Tesla MedBed Generator)
THE THREAD
1780–1794 Celestial Bed and Temple of Health graham-celestial-bed-1780-1794 1796–1810 Perkins Metallic Tractors perkins-tractors-1796-1810 1916–1924 Electronic Reactions of Abrams (ERA) abrams-electronic-reactions-1916-1924 1924–1940 Overbeck's Rejuvenator overbeck-rejuvenator-1924-1937 1925–1927 I-ON-A-CO wilshire-ionaco-1925-1927 2019–present Tesla BioHealing Biophoton Generators (BioHealer / Tesla MedBed Generator) LIVE TERMINUS liu-tesla-biohealing-2019-present
THROUGH-LINE

Successive devices borrow the authority of contemporary physics while offering proprietary access, vivid demonstrations, and measurements that fail to establish a specific therapeutic or longevity effect. Any present member's operation and evidence status remain confined to that member's Case and sources.

Use current, magnetism, vibration, or an electrical-looking device to diagnose or treat disease, pain, or bodily decline. The member timeline and evidence ledgers below show where the comparison is documented and where present continuity is established. Historical outcomes frame the recurring question; they do not determine the evidence verdict for a current member.

CASES IN THIS LINEAGE
  1. Celestial Bed and Temple of Health (1780–1794)
  2. Perkins Metallic Tractors (1796–1810)
  3. Electronic Reactions of Abrams (ERA) (1916–1924)
  4. Overbeck's Rejuvenator (1924–1940)
  5. I-ON-A-CO (1925–1927)
  6. Tesla BioHealing Biophoton Generators (BioHealer / Tesla MedBed Generator) (2019–present) · LIVE TERMINUS
EDGE EVIDENCE

Celestial Bed and Temple of Health

  1. Doctor of love: James Graham and his celestial bed [book review] (2010)

Perkins Metallic Tractors

  1. Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates (2006)

Electronic Reactions of Abrams (ERA)

  1. The "Electronic Reactions of Abrams" (1925)

Overbeck's Rejuvenator

  1. 'Recharge My Exhausted Batteries': Overbeck's Rejuvenator, Patenting, and Public Medical Consumers, 1924-37 (2014)

I-ON-A-CO

  1. Fads and Quackery in Healing (Wilshire's Ionaco, pp. 153-154) (1932)

Tesla BioHealing Biophoton Generators (BioHealer / Tesla MedBed Generator)

  1. Warning Letter: Tesla BioHealing, Inc. (MARCS-CMS 658010) (2023)
current continuity: Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments, Tesla BioHealing company website
FRAMING SOURCES
  1. A historical perspective of the popular use of electric and magnetic therapy (2001)
  2. Doctor of love: James Graham and his celestial bed [book review] (2010)
  3. Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates (2006)
  4. 'Recharge My Exhausted Batteries': Overbeck's Rejuvenator, Patenting, and Public Medical Consumers, 1924-37 (2014)
  5. Warning Letter: Tesla BioHealing, Inc. (MARCS-CMS 658010) (2023)
  6. Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments (2024)