Oxyhealer (オキシヘーラー)

The Oxyhealer (Japanese: オキシヘーラー) was a patented "magnetic healing apparatus" sold for use in "promoting health and healing diseases by transmitting magnetism into the human body[...] by means of a leading cord." The design and method of use is virtually indistinguishable from other gas-pipe nostrums, such as Sanche's Oxydonor or Electropoise, which were marketed as devices for attracting oxygen to the user through diaductive force, and seems to differ only in regards to the claimed action of the device, being based on supposed transmission of magnetic force to the user.

Patents

 * US1421516A. Maeshima, Shintaro. Magnetic Healing Apparatus. 4 July 1922, filed 2 May 1918. "This invention relates to an apparatus for promoting health and healing diseases by transmitting magnetism into the human body, and consists in a mixture of powders of magnetite, antimony sulphide and charcoal sealed in a metal casing, through which one or more copper rods are passed, the magnetism caused in the mixture being transmitted into the human body by means of a leading cord." https://patents.google.com/patent/US1421516A &mdash; similar patents were filed and granted in France (FR485945A) and Great Britain (GB120176A).

Selected Publications

 * &mdash; ("Oxyhaler Usage Instructions")
 * &mdash; ("Oxyhaler Usage Instructions")