Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Albert Abrams
Born: December 8, 1863
Died: January 13, 1924 (aged 60)
Bio: Albert Abrams was a Jewish American physician, well known during his life for inventing machines which he claimed could diagnose and cure almost any disease. These claims were challenged from the outset.
Known for:
- The Electronic Reactions of Abrams
- Spondylotherapy (1910)
- Transactions of the Antiseptic Club (1895)