Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Before . group Of professional heal
ers from al parts Of the United States
gathered at the shoreham Hotel yes
terday was demonstrated an instrument
for which the claims were made that
1t far surpasses any other known
method of diagnosis or treatment and
that it will and Is revolutionizing the
entire medical profession"
Efforts were made to explain the
principles of this device to represen-
tative of The Star. although the pro-
ponents Of the system warned that the
complicated for the lay mind to COM
prehend. This may account for ap-
parent confusion and contradiction in
the account that follows. The con-
fusion Is shared, however, by some OF
the foremost atomic physicists in the
world who were consulted In the re-
porter's earnest effort to present the
claims
Some Of the statements made are
apparently contradictory to certain we'll
established scientific principles. In
justice it should be stated that they
were made hurriedly and without OPP
portunity to consult scientific htera-
ture.
"The Hnne-Vibra Ray"
The instrument is known as the
"homo-vibra ray" Its demonstration
was the chief event on the program Of
the thirty-sixth annual convention OF
the American Naturopathic Associa-
ton. 1t was explained by DR.. T. M.
Schippell. a practicing doctor Of nature
pathy in Washington and president OF
the Washington branch Of the associa-
ton. The homo-vibra ray Is described
as a detector and amplifier Of man
virbation."
1t is based on the physically demon
strated fact that the human body-to-
gether with almost everything else in
the universe-emits radiation. The
naturopaths claim further that each
organ Of the human body emits radia-
ton Of a different frequency. They
ton has a distinct band in the spec
trum and that the extremely sensitive
instrument not only can detect 1t. but
detect minute differences in vibration
rate. They claim further that each
organ of each individual has its normal
vibration, that when 1t falls below nor
NAL a condition which a physician
would describe as illness results. and
that this condition can be corrected
by restoring the energy Of the organ
to its mean level. The instrument picks
up this radiation. amplifies it. and re-
turns 1t.
How the Instrument Works.
The nervous system for example. has
a normal radiation output. This varies
naturopathS have q scale OF units
tvae ~
operator Of the homo-vibra ray ex-
poses the instrument to the radiation
emanating from the individuals body.
1t turns out that the nervous system is
two units below normal The cause
of the illness has been located. The
nervous system can be brought back to
normal by supplying it with an ad-
ditional supply of energy of the same
vibration frequency. The instrument
amplifies the energy it has received
from the nervous system and returns it.
That. at least, was the explanation
in so far as the lay mind of The Star
representative was able to grasp It,
given by DR.. Louis M. Bluth of Chicago
He addressed the convention on the
subject of "pathometricS" and is con-
sidered by his associates as one Of the
foremost scientists in the field of
Radiation, as is we'll known, extends
in an unbroken scale from wave lengths
more than 10 miles in length, such as
are used in wireless telegraphy, through
the short wave radio frequencies: the
invisible mira red band which Is mani
tested in the form Of heat; the band Of
visible light with the wave lengths
growing shorter and shorter from the
red through the yellow. green and
blue; the invisible ultraviolet, which
produces sunburn; the X-rays; the
various emanations from radium: the
cosmic rays from outer
space, less than a thousand billionth
OF . millimeter. There are practically
no breaks In this scale, although the
specific functions Of some Of the fire.
quency bands are not well known. A
vital question, obviously. was as to the
place Of this "man-radiation" on the
scale.
Exceeds Speed Of Light.
DR.. schippell stated that it lay within
the range Of the shorter radio fire.
quencies" 1t did not, she said. extend
into the infra-red or visible light.
Neither did it extend backward into
the longer radio frequencies An out
standing difference between this man
radiation" and light, she said, was n
its speed. Light. she said. travels 1885,
800 miles q second. This radiation