Georges Lakhovsky (born Georgei Lakhovsky; Russian: Георгий Лаховский; 17 September 1869 – 31 August 1942) was a Belarusian-French engineer, scientist, author and inventor. His controversial invention of the multilayer oscillator, which he used in the treatment of cancer, is described.
Lakhovsky was born in Ilya, Minsk Region, Russian Empire (now Belarus). After graduating from the Engineering Institute in Odessa, he went to France in 1894. There, he attended lectures in physics at the Sorbonne University and studied anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris.
In 1911, when he was seriously ill, doctors predicted his quick death. Instead of falling into severe depression, Lakhovski completely immersed himself in work and wanted to use every moment of life that was allotted to him. To test his theory of cellular oscillation, he began to study the effect of short electromagnetic waves on biological objects. Despite being told he only had a few months to live, his illness went into remission. As a result of his research, in 1923 he built a short-wave oscillator (from 2 to 10 meters long - a great achievement at the time) with which he was able to prove his theory of cell oscillation.
Georges Lakhovsky published books and articles claiming and trying to prove that living cells emit and receive electromagnetic radiation at high frequencies.
In 1925 Lakhovsky wrote an article for Radio News Magazine entitled “Cure Cancer with Ultra Radio Frequencies” In 1929, while in France, he published the book “The Secret of Life: Electricity, Radiation and Your Body” in which he claimed and attempted prove that good or bad health is determined by cell frequency. Bacteria, cancer cells, and other pathogens damage cells, causing disruption in healthy cells. The book was translated into English in 1935. Many of the pictures (with before, during and after photos) in the book show Lakhovsky in a Paris hospital in France, where he is conducting clinical research that treats cancer patients.
Georges Lakhovsky invented a multi-roll oscillator that he claimed would revitalize and enhance cell health. The device consisted of two broadband antennas (transmitting and receiving pairs) consisting of concentric arrays of open-ended curved pieces of copper suspended / held in place by silk threads, two metal stands holding the two antennas, Oudin coils, and an electromagnetic spark / pulse generator. In the middle of 1931, he tested the operation of the device in a Paris hospital. With her help, he treated and even cured some cancer patients. In June 1934, he received a US patent for the device.
At the age of 72, Lakhovski was run over by a limousine in 1942. Three days later, he died of his injuries in hospital.
