Blood Diagnostic Test Set (quack medicine)

Object/Artifact

Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Blood Diagnostic Test Set (quack medicine)

Entry/Object ID

1000.1632.1

Description

Dr. Albert Abrams's blood diagnostic test set; quack medicine device

Made/Created

Manufacturer

College of Electric Medicine (Albert Abrams)

Date made

circa 1920

Notes

where made: San Francisco, CA model name: Standard Diagnostic Set

Color

Black

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Blood Diagnostic Test Set College of Electric Medicine, San Francisco, CA Early 1900's Built by notorious quack practitioner Dr. Albert Abrams, this machine could supposedly diagnose any number of health problems using only a single drop of blood. The blood was applied to the plate and “analyzed” by adjusting the machine’s knobs. In reality, Abrams’s machines were nothing more than boxes filled with lights, wires, and buzzers.

General Notes

Note

Quack medicine, 8 control knobs. blood analysis quack medical device Similar to the Abrams Dynomizer Quack medicine from Dr Albert Abrams referenced in US Patent 6684108B2