Quackwatch, “Radionics and Albert Abrams, M.D.”
“Analyzed in the cold light of scientific knowledge, the entire Abrams matter is the height of absurdity.”
Jarvis's account of the joint Scientific American and American Medical Association investigation of 1923-24, which he says ran about ten months and cost some $30,000. The words quoted are the first sentence of the investigating panel's verdict as he reproduces it; the verdict continues: 'The so-called Electronic Reactions of Abrams do not exist—at least objectively … At best it is all an illusion. At worst, it is a colossal fraud.' He also describes Abrams's 'Oscilloclast' as the prototype of 'black box quackery'.
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Provenance and verification note for Quackwatch, Radionics and Albert Abrams, M.D.
Confidence note. Page opened on 19 September 2026 and the quoted sentence and the surrounding account read. Jarvis is quoting the 1924 panel; the underlying Scientific American text was not opened, so the sentence is recorded as reported by Quackwatch.
Corroborated by. src-hlth-sciam-1924-abrams-verdict
Notes. Used only for independent context on what the Abrams system was and how it was assessed at the time. Abrams died in January 1924.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-hlth-quackwatch-2002-radionics