Long cylindrical silver metal tube with manufacturing information engraved on the body of the device; metal knobs protrude from both ends and have long fabric strings connected to them; these strings end with two metal ankle attachments with elastic fabric to hold them in place.
Long cylindrical silver metal tube with manufacturing information engraved on the body of the device; metal knobs protrude from both ends and have long fabric strings connected to them; these strings end with two metal ankle attachments with elastic fabric to hold them in place.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Found when donor purchased a house and its contents on Thomas Street that had been boarded up for circa 50 years.
Engraved on the Oxygenor: "S W // TRADE // OXYGENOPATHY // MARK // CURES DISEASES BY OXYGEN // STRONGEST OXYGENOR MADE // PRICE $35.00 // PATENTED IN CANADA 1912 // PATENTS APPLIED FOR IN ALL FOREIGN COUNTRIES // THE OXYGENOR CO. // CHATHAM ONT. CAN. // M"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F5-3
Length
17.5
Diameter
3.8
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Minor damage to nickel plating on body; minor loss of fabric covering metal strands
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Mechanical Fakes. The Health Bulletin
Electropoise. Wikipedia
1900 Quack Medical Device, Oxygenor-King. Worth Point
Research Facts
The Oxygenor Company created products that rivaled Hercules H. Sanches' own Oxydonor. Both products looked similar and stated to "cure all diseases." Sanches went to court for the violation of his patent but the court claimed that there was not enough evidence for the value of his invention and therefore that it could not be protected. Justice Shiras and the other judges declared that his theory of "diaduction" (a term he coined) was a mere pretence to allow him to obtain a patent.
The Oxygenor when exposed to a temperature ranging from 25 to 66 degrees lower than that of the body, acting as one terminal, and the two treating plates attached to the body acting as the other terminal, the body completing the circuit between the treating plates, and the flexible conductor cords to the "generator," set up a gentle, imperceptible current of animal vitality, producing a combination of Thermo-Chemico currents of generative force, which are diffused through the entire body. At the same time the nascent allotropic oxygen evolved in the "generator" by this action is conveyed to the system, and by a process known as endosmotic action the oxygen of the atmosp is caused to be absorbed by the pores of the skin, the vitality of the body restored, impurities and impure gases thrown out, and the magnetic polarity of the atoms forming the body that may be out of the normal condition, restored.
The Oxygenor contained sulphur, sand, and charcoal; with sand and sulphur comprising 97% of the whole.