1950 Contents: My Early Days in Radiesthesia; the Pendulum, Operator, Sensitivity Test, Polarity; Samples, Times, Auto-suggestion, Adjustment of the Pendulum, Left-Handed Operators; Radiations, Testing Water, Selection of Food; Agriculture, Testing.
Index Part One What is dowsing Historical notes Applications of dowsing Means and tools How to use the devices Dowsing faculty of individuals Some elementary notions of physical dowsing Fundamental ray solar ray, capital ray Attraction, repulsion, polarity Initiation to dowsing Rotations, oscillations, Witnesses, impregnation and disimpregnation, identity Eye radiation - Orientation without a compass Harmful waves and beneficial waves Radiation at a distance Is there such a thing as brain radiation? About the canvas - dowsing Colors Part Two Dowsing in aid of Public Security Dowsing against the enemies of the nation Part Three Search for minerals, archaeological remains and treasures Part Four Dowsing applied agriculture Part Five The witness bag of Rev. Father Bourdoux and his cares Part Six Radiesthesia and medicine Part Seven Other useful applications of dowsing Conclusion
Through the Victorian and Edwardian eras, various health movements emerged in the transition to the modern age of scientific medicine. Strange medical devices and quack cures were pushed, often using crude remedies based on simplistic beliefs and the placebo effect. Currently, some of these treatments appear absurd, even cruel. Because some were properly used as appropriate therapies, it is difficult to label them altogether as bogus. This book takes a thorough look at unconventional medical gadgets, as well as the strange devices and therapies used by both fringe and legitimate healers, and places them in the perspective of modern medicine. The author argues that quackery should not be defined by the ineffectiveness of a therapy, but rather be based on the fraudulent intent of the people who pushed dishonest and deceptive remedies.