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OxygenatorsDescription
These devices were designed to promote healing by increasing the amount of oxygen supplied to diseased tissues.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Dr. Hercules Sanche “invented” the Electropoise, claiming that it “forces oxygen into the blood stream,” thereby treating any number of serious medical conditions. Its successor was an 1896 upgrade aptly named the Oxydonor that contained a piece of carbon, and sold for $35. The claim for this device was similar in that it “causes the human organism to thirst for and absorb oxygen, the true vitalizer of the blood, through pores in the skin.” The oxypathor was another variant.
(top): Standard Electrocure No. 2 by FC Lillibridge Co., Newark; (bottom left): Duplex Oxypathor by the Oxypathor Co., Buffalo, Farador by the Farador Co. of Canada, Ontario, Electropoise, Birmingham
Illustrated below is the hospital use of the Oxypathor.
There was no benefit from these devices with harm resulting from taking patients away from legitimate therapies.Create Date
August 9, 2026Update Date
August 26, 2026
