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Title |
Amos Cato violet ray electrotherapy |
Object Name |
Machine, Electrotheraphy |
Credit line |
Silvia M. Ferretti, D.O Medical Museum |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Description |
A violet ray is an antique medical appliance used during the early 20th century in the obsolete medical therapy called electrotherapy. Their construction usually feature a combination of a disruptive discharge coil with an interrupter to apply a high voltage, high frequency, and low current to the human body for therapeutic purposes. During the 1940s and 1950s, makers of violet ray devices were subjected to numerous lawsuits and multiple actions by the US government including recalls, seizures, forfeitures and orders to have them destroyed |
Search Terms |
ElectroTherapy Therapy |
Subjects |
Therapy Machines Electrical apparatus |
Collection |
Medical and Surgical Equipment |
Accession number |
Pharma. 6 |