Re: Piffard Hyperstatic Transformer - Static Electric powered Tesla Coil (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:25:22 +0000
From: Jeff Behary <jeff_behary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Piffard Hyperstatic Transformer - Static Electric powered Tesla
    Coil (fwd)

Pete -

There are very few FDA approved Tesla-related "treatment" devices.  "Home 
treatment" devices are completely out of the question as having any real 
authenticity.

The only accepted devices are for diathermy and surgical use, combined 
galvanic and high frequency hair removal, and high frequency X-Ray machines. 
  Throughout history this has been the case too.  All of these machines 
originally had spark gaps, and all progressively changed as electronic 
technology changed. None of them got banned for unethical claims because 
those that used them were doing legitimate things with them, like removing 
someone's tonsils.

There are still a few modern surgical machines with spark gaps inside, well 
hidden from the flammable curtains and patient's dressing gowns.  Cooking 
tissues to some degree of accuracy requires it. (Unlike the crude beef 
videos on my site)   I've heard of units for removing cysts around the eyes 
that use small spark gap circuits to better control the "coagulation" of the 
delicate tissues.  Modern transistorized circuits work well for cutting 
tissues (as opposed to just cooking them) , and when cutting and coagulation 
are both required some units can actually "blend" the two forms of HF 
currents.

The "Violet Ray" machines once sold for home use throughout the century are 
little more than interesting toys.  They were first designed as something 
portable to treat localized skin conditions (the easiest one to spell is 
"acne"), and are today regarded as doing that and little else.  That's the 
only reason the ones that still exist haven't been banned like the rest.  
The people who use them for this purpose are licensed beauticians and 
estheticians, normally those involved with cosmetic surgery and related 
unusual procedures also FDA approved.   There are other apparatus that can 
treat these conditions too, like simple germicidal lamps, and topical 
ointments.  Women stop at nothing, from Violet Rays to having their faces 
sand-blasted.  (Micro-dermabrasion?!)

The glass electrodes used with VRs and Diathermy continued to be used and 
were gradually replaced with insulated metal electrodes in the 40s.  The 
procedures fall under high powered diathermy and are way way waaaaay off 
topic for the list.  Most involve the heating of tissues within orifices of 
the body, for shrinking inoperable internal hemmroids, treating infections 
of veneral diseases in women, and many other things not immediately thought 
about (well, hopefully) for obvious reasons...they all use high frequency 
currents in parts of the body that make you cringe just thinking about it.

Jeff Behary, c/o
The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum
http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com

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