EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THE EFFECT OF ULTRASHORT ELECTRICAL WAVES ON INFLAMMATION
Erich Pflomm · 1931
Weak ultrashort-wave radiation caused no detectable changes in rats, while strong radiation depressed behavior, stunted growth, roughened fur, and prevented reproduction.
Plain English Summary
Rats exposed to weak radiation were indistinguishable from non-radiated controls in size, behavior, and reproduction. Rats exposed to strong radiation showed depressed behavior, reduced growth, rough fur, and complete failure to reproduce over months of observation. Histology of heavily irradiated tumors revealed loss of tissue fluid, diffuse necrosis, expanded blood vessels, thrombosis, and very high leukocyte counts. Blood analyses of irradiated rabbits showed abnormal erythrocyte behavior and a strong leukocyte increase peaking at six hours after exposure.
Why This Matters
Control tests with saline at the same temperature produced only temporary vessel dilation that resolved within an hour, while radiation caused a lasting loss of sympathetic tone shown by failure of adrenalin to constrict vessels. Prior work by Schliephake and Haase demonstrated high effectiveness of short waves in destroying various bacteria, which led to therapeutic use in bacterial inflammations.
Finding
It was found, that the weakly-radiated animals were in no way different from the non-radiated ones, in size, in psychic behavior and in reproduction ability
In their words
“It was found, that the weakly-radiated animals were in no way different from the non-radiated ones, in size, in psychic behavior and in reproduction ability”
Show BibTeX
@article{experimental_and_clinical_investigations_concerning_the_effect_of_ultrashort_ele_g6783,
author = {Erich Pflomm},
title = {EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THE EFFECT OF ULTRASHORT ELECTRICAL WAVES ON INFLAMMATION},
year = {1931},
}