Royal raymond rife microscope

American inventor (–)

Royal Raymond Rife (May 16, – August 5, )^[1] was an American originator and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography.^[2][3]

Rife is known care his microscopes, which he stated could observe live microorganisms outstrip a magnification considered impossible take to mean his time, and for public housing "oscillating beam ray" invention, which he thought could treat diverse ailments by "devitalizing disease organisms" using radio waves. Although proscribed came to collaborate with scientists, doctors and inventors of say publicly epoch, and his findings were published in newspapers and systematic journals like the Smithsonian Establishing annual report of , they were later rejected by glory American Medical Association (AMA), significance American Cancer Society (ACS) sports ground mainstream science.

Rife's supporters hang on to claim that impulses remind you of electromagnetic frequencies can disable ulcerous cells and other microorganisms steady for diseases. Most of these claims have no scientific inquiry to back them up, sports ground Rife machines are not rectify for treatment by any infirmity regulator. Multiple promoters have anachronistic convicted of health fraud roost sent to prison.

Life keep from work

Little reliable published information exists describing Rife's life and get something done. In the s, he forced several optical compound microscopes very last, using a movie camera, took time-lapse microscopy movies of microbes.^[3][4][5] He also built microscopes depart included polarizers.^[6] Rife claimed magnifications of 17,× or more hand over some of these microscopes.^[5]

A propel published by the Smithsonian Formation described one of these microscopes as equipped for "transmitted ahead monochromatic beam dark-field, polarized, contemporary slit-ultra illumination, including also clever special device for crystallography". On benefit added that several doctors challenging attended a demonstration of other of Rife's microscopes and abstruse been impressed by its limpidness and high magnification.^[5]

A distinctive direction of the microscopes, according become Rife and to other scientists who examined them, was grand false-colour effect by which, what because a microbe was illuminated make wet a particular wavelength of polarised monochromatic light, different for talking to type of microbe, the microorganism and only the microbe would emit a distinctive colour discovery light (turquoise for typhoid microorganism, ruby red for Mycobacterium leprae, etc.), thus taking the talk of staining and allowing under other circumstances difficult organisms to be clearly seen.^[5][6]

Some of the observations Prevalent claimed to have made observe his microscopes are, however, contradicted by modern findings. For exemplification, he reported that under undeniable conditions typhoid bacteria changed meet for the first time a much smaller form,^[5][6] obscure claimed that most cancerous tumours contained a microbe that abstruse no less than five forms, one of which was undistinguishable from E. coli while added resembled a fungus.^[5]

Rife also going round that a 'beam ray' niggle of his invention could ravage microbial pathogens.^[3][7] Rife claimed be in opposition to have documented a "Mortal Dangling Rate" for various pathogenic organisms, and to be able interrupt destroy the organisms by pounding them using radio waves snare this particular frequency. According come to an end the San Diego Evening Tribune in , Rife stopped diminutive of claiming that he could cure cancer, but did squabble that he could "devitalize condition organisms" in living tissue, "with certain exceptions".^[7] In a silhouette, Rife warned against "medical fakers" who claim to cure aspect using "electrical 'vibrations'", stating ditch his work did not verification such claims.^[3]

An obituary in dignity Daily Californian described his impermanence at the age of 83 on August 5, , stating that he died penniless topmost embittered by the failure be in possession of his devices to garner wellcontrolled acceptance.^[8] Rife blamed the controlled rejection of his claims confrontation a conspiracy involving the Inhabitant Medical Association (AMA), the Authority of Public Health, and pander to elements of "organized medicine", which had "brainwashed and intimidated" crown colleagues.^[8]

Health fraud after his death

Interest in Rife's claims was renewed in some alternative medical flake down by the book by Barry Lynes, The Cancer Cure Put off Worked, which claimed that Disorder had succeeded in curing lump, but that his work was suppressed by a powerful collusion headed by the American Alexipharmic Association.^[9] The American Cancer Chorus line (ACS) describes Lynes' claims owing to implausible, noting that the unqualified was written "in a pact typical of conspiratorial theorists", stall that Lynes " cites traducement, dates, events and places, coarse the appearance of authenticity beside a mixture of historical paper and speculations selectively spun gain a web far too meet people to permit verification by pleb thing short of an flock of investigators with unlimited resources."^[9]

After this book's publication, a assortment of devices bearing Rife's nickname were marketed as cures school diverse diseases such as swelling and AIDS. Some used show waves as in the contemporary experiments, some used other designs such as a pulsed high-powered current or pulsed electromagnetic comedian at the correct frequencies, foregoing what the manufacturers believed preserve be the correct frequencies.^[10][11][12] Idea analysis by Electronics Australia overshadow that one typical 'Rife device' cost AU$ for a fundamental circuit that simply produced a-one tiny pulsed electrical current (at a single fixed frequency decelerate about 40kHz). It consisted rule a nine-volt battery, wiring, unembellished switch, a standard timer flake and two short lengths invite copper tubing meant to in actual fact as handheld electrodes, delivering clever current which the author believed at 1 milliamp at virtually. Its design was, in fait accompli, almost identical to the "zapper" device promoted by Hulda Pol, rather than having much nucleus common with Rife's original things. He described this as "the tip of an enormous iceberg", with a wide range help more elaborate devices also life sale from different suppliers, unreliable widely in design and ample in price from AU$1, squeeze AU$34,^[13]

Such 'Rife devices' have figured prominently in several cases compensation health fraud in the U.S., typically centered around the impracticabilit of the devices and authority grandiose claims with which they are marketed. In a pencil case, the marketers of a 'Rife device' claiming to cure abundant diseases including cancer and Immunodeficiency were convicted of felony virus fraud.^[14] The sentencing judge affirmed them as "target[ing] the escalate vulnerable people, including those torment from terminal disease" and furnishing false hope.^[15] In some cases cancer patients who ceased chemotherapy and instead used these possessions have died.^[16] A Washington Say couple Donald and Sharon Solon, who operated a clandestine health-care clinic from their home keep Mount Vernon^[17] based on Rife's inventions were convicted for tidy short imprisonment period.^[18] Rife shit are currently classified as smart subset of radionics devices, which are generally viewed as pseudomedicine by mainstream experts.^[9] In State, the use of Rife machines has been blamed for nobleness deaths of cancer patients who might have been cured pertain to conventional therapy.^[19] In John Bryon Krueger, who operated the Queenlike Rife Research Society, was sentenced to 12 years in oubliette for his role in undiluted murder and also received boss concurrent month sentence for lawlessly selling Rife devices. In splendid U.S. court convicted James Folsom of 26 felony counts pine sale of the Rife tackle sold as 'NatureTronics', 'AstroPulse', 'BioSolutions', 'Energy Wellness', and 'Global Wellness'.^[20]

Legacy

In , the American Cancer Society's journal CA: A Cancer Document for Clinicians criticized Rife's courses and devices in an give up titled "Questionable Methods of Sarcoma Management: Electronic Devices". The ACS reported that Rife machines were being sold in a "pyramid-like, multilevel marketing scheme". A categorical component in the marketing see Rife devices has been influence claim, initially put forward induce Rife himself, that the paraphernalia were being suppressed by proscribe establishment conspiracy against cancer "cures".^[9] Although 'Rife devices' are call registered by the U.S. Nourishment and Drug Administration and conspiracy been linked to deaths betwixt cancer sufferers, The Seattle Times reported that over people fake the Rife International Health Congress in Seattle, where dozens take unregistered devices were sold.^[17]

Cancer Investigation UK, the world's largest unconnected cancer research charity, has stated:

"There is no reliable authenticate that the Rife machine deeds as a cure for swelling There is also no seek that it doesn't cause attractiveness Many websites promote the Inescapable machine as a cure complete cancer. But no reputable wellregulated cancer organisations support any discern these claims."^[21]

A article riposte The Sydney Morning Herald warned:

"Cancer sufferers have died equate putting their faith in topping device with electrical parts importance just $15" (equivalent to $27 in ), further reporting that Omnipresent machines are "unanimously condemned style worthless by mainstream scientists prep added to banned in at least figure American States."^[19]

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