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There was once great interest in what was known as The Great Bordeaux Magnetic Machine Mystery, or L' Affaire Priore'. It was reported in the popular press, and in a number of papers in COMPTES RENDUS des SEANCES de l' Academie des Sciences since 1964, sponsored
by Robert Courrier.
The machine, built at the University of Bordeaux by Antoine
Priore, a 62-year-old electrical engineer, was originally used to
kill micro-organisms that produce rot in fresh vegetables and fruit.
Subsequently, it was reported that wondrously beneficial
effects on experimental subjects were obtained by the radiation
emanating from the machine.
Today, its primary use appears to be in cancer treatment of
animals, where a large number of cures have been claimed, as
described in further detail below. Of course, human treatment of
cancer is the final goal.
The machine is reported to be comprised of the following:
1) a large plasma tube excited by 430 V;
2) a magnetron oscillator (9.4 Ghz, 40 Kw peak),
which pulsed on for 1 micro-seconds at a rate of
1 Khz;
3) two high frequency oscillators (17.6 Mhz and 15.8 Mhz)
4) and a magnetic field (1200 G)
which confines the plasma and which is pulsed at a
rate of 50 times per minute.
( G = Gauss a measure of magnetic field strength )
The magnetron and the two high-frequency signals are mixed in
the plasma so that the 9.4 Ghz signal is modulated by the two high-
frequency signals.
The magnetic field at the table, where the subject is located,
is about 600 G. (A second machine was also built which was capable
of producing an active magnetic field of about 1200 G.)
Several experiments have been carried out. Some of these are
summarized below:
1. A cancerous tissue was grafted to laboratory rats.
Twenty-four control rats died within 22-30 days.
In those rats which had been exposed to radiation to the
magnetic field from Priore's machine, the cancerous tissue
was either completely absorbed, or, if the treatment was
begun after cancer had started to spread, had regressed to
the point of total cure.
There were no observed bad side effects and there was no
recurrence of the cancer.
2. A different and highly malignant strain of cancerous
tissue, leukaemia, which can cause death in as little as
two weeks, was grafted onto laboratory rats.
Again, exposure to the radiation in the magnetic field
resulted in the complete inhibition of growth of the
cancerous grafts, or, if the disease had started to
develop before the treatment was begun, to its total
regression.
3. Mice were inoculation with a microscopic blood parasitic
(Trypanosoma equiperdum) which causes sleeping sickness
and death in short time.
The course of the experiment could be followed closely by
analysing blood samples taken daily.
All control animals died by the fifth day.
Mice exposed daily to the radiation and magnetic field
survived (38 out of 46 animals) with complete
disappearance of the parasites from their systems.
They also developed a specific immunity to further
infection.
Animals exposed some days before inoculation appeared to
have developed an immunity.
4. Rabbits, which develop a chronic illness when inoculated
with trypanosomes from which they usually die after
several weeks, were tested with the radiation in a
magnetic field with the same positive results as
described above.
A twenty-man commission composed of well known men of science,
medicine, law and other professionals, have begun and are continuing
investigations into the claims made for this mystery machine.
They have been able to report experimental findings, but have
not been able to provide an explanation of the workings of the
Priore equipment.
Funding was provided by the French Government to construct a
third and more powerful machine which cost 3.5 million dollars. It
was called the M-600 and functioned for about one week until a huge
tube in it exploded. Due to the inflation rampant in the early
70's, the replacement cost would have exceeded one million dollars
which was felt to be too high to continue the project.
The story of this remarkable work began in 1944 when Antoine
Priore noticed some oranges which had been left in a room next to
some electrical equipment. These oranges remained in a fresh state
while others not near the electrical equipment became rotten and
putrid.
This anomaly intrigued young Priore to explore magnetic and
electromagnetic effects on various plants. One of his earlier
experiments was the exposure of lentil seeds to a magnetic field of
225 gauss at electromagnetic frequencies of 80, 32, 3 and 10 Hertz.
This caused the lentils to grow 12-15 centimeters in length as
compared to only a 5 centimeter growth for controls not subjected to
the same treatment. The effect proved similar for asparagus,
tulips, and other plants.
Hens' eggs were then exposed to the same energies which brought
about hatching in 19 days as opposed to the normal 21 days.
Later research using cancerous tissue yielded partial or total
remissions when exposed to these energies.
Similar reports of tumor regressions were obtained by Kenneth
McLean with the use of a 3000 gauss or greater magnetic field.
Later tests made by Biraben and Delmon using a field strength
of 4500 gauss on T-8 tumors had not the slightest trace of
remission. This showed that there was obviously something besides a
magnetic field at work.
Tests made with the Prior machine on cancer tissues ALWAYS
caused total remission in all tissues exposed to the peach blossom
violet color which the machine emitted.
The machines of Antoine Priore were dismantled shortly after
his death in the early 80's.
Time will tell whether this has been a great hoax, whether the
French Government and numerous well known scientists have supported
a charlatan, or whether mankind has stumbled on a revolutionary
scientific development.
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Vanguard note...
It is interesting to note that T. H. Moray advocated the use
of a 'peach blossom violet' ray for the dissolution of cancerous
tissue which formed on his hands when working with radioactive
material....in addition Dinshah speaks of the violet/magenta ray
for healing various cancers.
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