PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ALLERGIC DISEASES
Harry Bond Wilmer, M.D., Merle Middour Miller, M.D. · 1935
1935 medical research used electromagnetic diathermy and UV radiation therapeutically, proving EMF biological activity decades before wireless safety debates.
Plain English Summary
This 1935 study examined the use of physical therapy treatments, including diathermy (electromagnetic heating) and ultraviolet light, for treating allergic conditions like asthma and hay fever. The research represents early medical applications of electromagnetic fields for therapeutic purposes, predating modern understanding of EMF health effects.
Why This Matters
This historical research offers fascinating insight into how electromagnetic fields have been used medically for nearly a century. While the study focused on therapeutic applications of diathermy and UV radiation for allergic diseases, it highlights an important reality: we've been deliberately exposing patients to electromagnetic energy for decades in medical settings. The science demonstrates that electromagnetic fields can produce biological effects - the question has always been whether those effects are beneficial, neutral, or harmful. What makes this particularly relevant today is that the EMF exposures from modern wireless devices often exceed the power levels used in these early therapeutic applications, yet we're told these everyday exposures are completely safe. The reality is that if EMF can be therapeutic at certain levels and frequencies, it can certainly be bioactive in other ways.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
To examine the use of physical therapy in treating allergic diseases including asthma, hay fever, and related conditions.
The study reviews historical approaches to physical therapy in allergic diseases, including diatherm...
Diathermy therapy showed some efficacy in refractory cases of asthma, particularly when applied loca...
Physical therapy has proven most valuable in preserving and restoring general resistance, that most important adjunct to success in allergic therapy. The most important role of physical therapy in allergy is the tonic and systemic effect. However, no definite indications for treatment by physical means for each type of allergic disease can be stated at present.
Show BibTeX
@article{physical_therapy_in_allergic_diseases_g5677,
author = {Harry Bond Wilmer and M.D. and Merle Middour Miller and M.D.},
title = {PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ALLERGIC DISEASES},
year = {1935},
}