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THE STUDENT'S LIBRARY

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Liebesny · 1935

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The contribution confirms the clinical and biologic value of short and ultra-short radiation.

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This contribution is an additional confirmation of the clinical and biologic value of short and ultra-short radiation. The author has presented a detailed and critical review of the most important studies of the biologic and therapeutic value of short wave radiation. The work has been organized to include discussions on the fundamental action of hertzian short waves, their difference from diathermy, and their biophysical, physiologic, and clinical effects on human and animal material. This part of the work is detailed in description and comprehensive in exposition, covering a large variety of acute and chronic affections related to every specialty in medicine. The last chapter deals with technical and physical considerations for the construction and uses of short wave apparatus.

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Liebesny reviews and credits the pioneers of Hertzian short wave therapy and provides a judicial and conservative evaluation of its physical and clinical possibilities. The reviewer praises the contribution as scholarly, conservative, and artistic in its physical format.

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Liebesny (1935). THE STUDENT'S LIBRARY.
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  author = {Liebesny},
  title = {THE STUDENT'S LIBRARY},
  year = {1935},
  
  
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The review states that the contribution confirms the clinical and biologic value of short and ultra-short radiation.
The author has presented a detailed and critical review of the most important studies of the biologic and therapeutic value of short wave radiation. The work includes discussions on the fundamental action of hertzian short waves, their difference from diathermy, and their biophysical, physiologic, and clinical effects on human and animal material. This part of the work is detailed and comprehensive, covering a large variety of acute and chronic affections related to every specialty in medicine.
The reviewer praises the contribution as scholarly, conservative, and artistic in its physical format.
Liebesny reviews and credits the pioneers responsible for the advent of Hertzian short wave in therapy and provides a judicial and conservative evaluation of its possibilities.
The last chapter deals with technical and physical considerations for the construction and uses of short wave apparatus.