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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...patient 3,000 miles away. For best results the samples must be taken under certain prescribed conditions?dim light, no red in room, patient facing west! The specimens are placed on aluminum electrodes in a small, round box called a "dynamizer," connected by an elaborate wiring system with a "rheostat dynamizer" for amplifying the reactions, a " vibratory rate rheostat" and a "measuring rheostat" for determining the wave rate "ohmage" of the specimen. These are connected to an electrode on the forehead of a healthy human being, called the " re-agent," who stands stripped to the waist and barefooted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abrams' Reactions | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

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