Georges Lakhovsky
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Georges Lakhovsky (born 1869 in Russia, died 1942 in New York City, USA) was a Russian engineer, scientist, author and inventor. His medical treatment invention, the Multiple Wave Oscillator, is considered quackery by mainstream medicine.
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[edit] Georges Lakhovsky history
Georges Lakhovsky published books and articles that claimed and attempted to demonstrate that living cells emit and receive cosmic radioactive oscillations at their own high frequencies.
No recent peer-reviewed, funded scientific studies have investigated these claims so they are not accepted by mainstream science.[1] (See below mention of American Cancer Society information.)
In 1925 Lakhovsky wrote a Radio News Magazine article entitled "Curing Cancer With Ultra Radio Frequencies."
In 1929 while in France he was the author of a book "The Secret of Life: Electricity, Radiation and Your Body" (French) in which he claimed and attempted to demonstrate that good or bad health was determined by the relative health of these cellular oscillations, and bacteria, cancers, and other pathogens corrupted them, causing interference with these oscillations. It was translated to English in 1935. Numerous depictions pictured in the book supposedly have Lakhovsky in a Paris, France hospital conducting clinical research treating cancer patients with before, during, and after photographs.[2]
With assistance from Nikola Tesla,[citation needed] Georges Lakhovsky invented the Multiple Wave Oscillator,[3] that Lakhovsky claimed would revitalize and strengthen the health of cells. The device consisted of two broadband antennae (a sending and a receiving pair) composed of concentric sets of curved open-ended copper pieces suspended / held in place by silk threads, two metal stands to hold the two antennae, Tesla coil(s), and electromagnetic spark / pulse generator. In June 1934 he was awarded U.S. patent 1962565[4] for the device. In 1925, Georges Lakhovsky used Argon in copper tubes bent into "Golden Mean" nested curved shapes for the antennae in his Multi-Wave Oscillator.[2]
At age 72, in 1942, Lakhovsky was struck by a limousine. Three days later Lakhovsky died in the hospital of his injuries.
[edit] Other non-medical inventions
Lakhovsky was awarded numerous patents involving waveform conversions (2267353), oscillator tubes for multiple wavelengths (2351055), improving microphones (2263408, 1640330), and railway construction (909619, 786037, 1054570, 1028743, 1136427).
Modern U.S. patent 5643333 makes reference to Georges Lakhovsky's life energy oscillations claims.[5]
[edit] Alternative medicine
Today, many alternative medical equipment manufacturers and retailers claim to sell revised versions of Georges Lakhovsky's Multiple Wave Oscillator.
[edit] Efficacy
There is no support in peer-reviewed medical literature for the efficacy of the devices propounded by Lakhovsky. The American Cancer Society (ACS) treats all electromedical treatments as quackery.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b ACS :: Electromagnetic Therapy
- ^ a b 1929, The Secret of Life: Electricity, Radiation and Your Body, Lakhovsky, Georges, ISBN 978-0766141971
- ^ Oscillator Equipment Photo. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ 1962565 patent. Google Patent Search. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ U.S. Patent 5643333 Jul 1, 1997. Google Patent Search, Page 4. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
[edit] Published Articles
- George Lakhovsky, 1927: Contribution to the Etiology of Cancer (Gauthier-Villars and Co).
- George Lakhovsky, 1929: The Waves Which Cure (Gauthier-Villars and Co).
- George Lakhovsky, 1931: Cellular Oscillation. Shared Experimental Research (Gaston Doin and Co).
- George Lakhovsky, 1932: Neoplastic Formation and Cellular Oscillatory Imbalance. Treatment of Cancer by the Multiple-Wavelength Oscillator (Gaston Doin and Co).
- George Lakhovsky, 1934: The Cabal: History of a Discovery, Cellular Oscillation (Gaston Doin).
