Nagelschmidt electric chair touted for obesity cure
American physicians note a Berlin originated method that uses an inclined chair with large insulated contact surfaces and body conforming electrodes. The patient performs twenty five sessions over four weeks with muscles contracting about sixty times a minute, claimed to boost metabolism. Only six chairs exist in the United States and critics doubt its appeal to the idle rich while praising potential weight loss results.
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Nagelschmidt
Berlin
Atlantic
Nazelschmitt
Joseph M. Blake
Chicago
Sey
Side by to these several electrodes by means of various rheostats
Fragmentary OCR describes wiring to electrodes through rheostats and serenome related apparatus. No clear names, dates, places, or events available to outline a full incident or report.
New Electric Treatment Claims to Eradicate Obesity
An article promotes Nagelschmidt electrical therapy as a breakthrough for obesity, claiming zero starvation and stable currents. It features a woman patient who recounts failed prior efforts like floor rolling, weight lifting, calisthenics, brisk walking, and running before trying the new method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagel— Schmidt
Rockefeller Gifts and Fat-Reducing Electric Chair Claims
The article describes the Nagelschmidt fat reducing chair, its claimed muscular work and slow weight loss during sessions, with doctors like Nagelschmidt, Veith, Bergonie cited. It notes reported results, treatment schedules, and the danger of relying on diet alone, plus Rockefeller philanthropy and foundation disbursements and incomes quoted from a US commission report.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
Belgium
Central America
British Guiana
British West Dies
Egypt
China
American “Academy
Rome
Red Cross
Bulgaria
Relief Society
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Acie
Rockefeller
Ciety
Veith
Nuremberg
Ssefsits
Warland- Industries
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