Ruth Drown was the first person to use the radionic instrument not only for diagnosis but also for therapy. She discovered that this therapy also operated over distance, if a blood specimen of the patient was laid on the instrument. Her explanation of this phenomenon was that the rates exert a background presence in the “atmosphere” and can be received by a person. The setting of a “rate” on the instrument would set up a resonance in relation to this rate between the instrument and the patient, and thus increase the person’s “receptivity effect”. She named this process “Broadcasting”, a reference to the radio technology which was emerging at that time.