Violet Ray Machine

Object/Artifact

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Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Violet Ray Machine

Entry/Object ID

1000.1632.7

Description

Machine, Violet Ray; quack medicine

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Amos M. Cato

Notes

possible date made: 1930s where made: Little Rock, AR model name: Violetta

Material

Wood

Color

Black

Web Links and URLs

Sauk County Historical Society, University of Warwick

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Violet Ray Machine Amos M. Cato, Little Rock, AR 1930s 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, and wrinkles.

General Notes

Note

Cures over 80 ailments, numerous glass devices, Quack Medicine.