Aetheronics

The defendant in Erie, Pa. County Court was charged with black magic (in the modern legal phrase: "taking money under false pretenses" in the practice of "the healing arts").

Yes, it was true, Chiropractor Alva B. Scott admitted with dignity, he had originated (and practiced) a new healing art he chose to call "aetheronics." It cured diseases by remote control. What was more, he had witnesses.

First, Scott explained, he took a drop of the patient's blood and put it in a small black "analyzing" box. From this he determined the patient's "frequency." Then he tuned the "curing" box to the right wavelength, and its healing waves followed the patient wherever he went, like Mary's little lamb.

One dissatisfied Scott patient complained that the little black box was not the right, treatment for her; five experts for the state testified that that did not surprise them a bit. But four prominent Erie citizens, also Scott patients, had a different story. One of them, old Rev. John Keehley, said that after three months of Scott's wave treatment, his voice, cracked and failing these 20 years, grew strong enough to fill the Luther Memorial Church.

While a packed, fascinated courtroom waited, the fascinated jury (two men, ten women) returned its verdict: "Not guilty."

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