Renulife Violet Ray Generator

Object/Artifact

Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Renulife Violet Ray Generator

Entry/Object ID

1000.22.315

Description

Machine, generator, violet ray; quack medicine

Collection

Frank Livermore

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Beasley-Eastman Laboratories, Inc.

Date made

circa 1919

Notes

model name: Renulife model number: R serial number: 77519 Model patented: 1919

Color

Black

Web Links and URLs

Sauk County Historical Society, University of Warwick, This specific model in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Video on this model from Sindecuse Museum, University of Michigan

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Popular in the first half of the 20th century, violet ray machines used high-voltage, high-frequency, low-current electricity for supposed electrotherapy. The machines generated a violet glow from a gas-filled glass electrode and a small amount of ozone. Manufacturers claimed that these machines could cure all manner of human ailments, including hysteria, arthritis, gout, hemorrhoids, brain fog, gray hair, tooth ache, and wrinkles.

General Notes

Note

Accessory parts included, Violet Ray/Ozone generator .