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The REFLEXOPHONE of DR. ALBERT ABRAMS
RADIONICS: Diagnosing your ailment by thumping someone else's belly
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Item #209: The Reflexophone of Dr. Albert Abrams; Black wood box 10" x 6" x 4";
Phenolic top with stamped numbers; 2 jacks for connector wires.
Excellent condition.
$1,600
The Reflexophone was Radionics diagnosis machine and the origin of the
term 'black box'.
As the first stage in his Radionics treatment, the patient supplied a sample
of blood, a lock of hair, a bit of handwriting, a photograph, it
didn't much matter what. The patient did not have to be present and
could mail his token in from across the country. Mailing was the preferred
method as there was always the danger the patient was indeed
suffering from something horrible and contagious.
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The Radionics Physician would put the sample in a little holder that
was wired to several Reflexophones and other black boxes. The whole
was connected to a pair of foot plates on which stood a healthy man,
called 'the reagent'. The reagent would hold
another electrode to his forehead and the Doctor would tap
the reagents's belly listening for 'dull sounds' while twiddling the
dials. The location of the dull sound, in combination with the dial
settings at the time of the thump, resulted in the diagnosis.
Illustration of Abram's at work, from Science & Invention Magazine,
October 1923
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When opened up the Reflexophone is revealed to be nothing
but a 'resistance box'. A very badly made resistance box.
The first knob selects resistances from 0 to 50 Ohms, the
second from 0 to 10 ohms and the third from 0 to 2.5 ohms.
The three sections are wired in series so the resistances add
and appear between the two terminals.
Compare the quality with that of a Leeds & Northrup box that
sold for the same $200 as the Reflexophone.
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