What the American Medical Association Thinks of the Electronic Reactions of Abrams

A 1923 reprint, in the dental trade journal The Dental Register, of the American Medical Association’s contemporary critique of the Electronic Reactions of Abrams. The reprinted AMA text states that the Oscilloclast ‘is not for sale; it can be leased, to those who are willing to pay the price and sign a contract that they will not open it,’ that ‘the first payment is $200 or $250, according to whether it is wired for alternating or direct current,’ followed by ‘a monthly payment of $5,’ and that ‘Dr. Abrams publishes a list of more than 130 men who have leased one or more “Oscilloclasts,”’ with ‘Sir James Barr’s name heads the list.’ The same AMA statement is reproduced verbatim in the Museum of Quackery transcription of the original Journal of the American Medical Association item (museumofquackery.com/amquacks/abrams.htm), which was used to cross-check the wording. Metadata confirmed against the PMC record (PMID 33703850; PMCID PMC7872713). Used here for the lease-and-seal device economics and the named adopter Sir James Barr.