May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 540
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HENRY FARION (?-1991) VITALIS / LES RAYONS QUI GUÉRISSENT. Circa 1935.
23 1/4x15 1/4 inches, 59x38 3/4 cm.
Condition A-: abrasions in image.
The work of Nikola Tesla and George Lakhovsky (who invented the MWO-multi wave oscillator) was admired and accepted in France, and the use of electricity for aiding all sorts of ailments was widespread. Electrotherapy kits for home use, such as those produced by Vitalis, were sold in sets that came in their own cases with separate attachments suited to treat different parts of the body. Such electrotherapy kits were prevalent in America until they were banned in the 1930s.