EMF Research Studies

THE CONDENSER FIELD: An Improved Method of Application

Franz Nagelschmidt, M.D. · 1935

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE EFFECT OF SHORT WAVES ON THE EYE

Kiewe, R. · 1935

PENETRATIVE AND SELECTIVE HEAT EFFECTS OF SHORT AND ULTRASHORT WAVES

Conrad K. Gale · 1935

THE FLASHER SINUSOIDAL MACHINE

JEROME WEISS, M.D. · 1935

The first machine was built in December 1926 as an emergency substitute when a mechanical generator broke down. The original machine delivered only a rhythmically interrupted alternating current and had no vacuum tubes. The machine is ground free, the control knob is not electrically connected to the circuit, and the entire output comes from a five watt transformer. No oiling or other service is required, wear is negligible after many years of severe use, and the vacuum tubes are standard radio receiving types obtainable at very small cost.

Radiotherapy combined with diathermy and galvanization in infantile paralysis--Bordier method

Bordier H. · 1935

EDITORIALS - PRIORITY IN SHORT WAVE THERAPY

KOBAK, D · 1935

The editorial traces the history of short wave therapy from Hertz's 1888 wave propagation experiments to d'Arsonval's 1891 foundational research. It distinguishes diathermy using long waves with thermic effects from radiathermy using short waves with minimal heating and selective biologic effects. Priority for modern short wave therapy is assigned to Schereschewsky with his 1926 publication. Christie, Loomis, and Hosmer receive priority for establishing frequency-dependent heating of electrolytes, while Stiebéck is credited for advocating highest frequencies from 1925, and Schliephake is named the actual founder of clinical radiathermy with work from 1928.

SHORT WAVE THERAPY IN PYOGENIC SKIN INFECTIONS

TIBOR DE CHOLNOKY, M.D. · 1935

THE INFLUENCE OF ULTRASHORT WAVES ON THE HEAT REGULATION OF RABBITS

Alfred Strassburger, Erwin Schliephake · 1934

Dispersione delle radioonde nei sistemi proteici

Cavallaro, L. · 1934

Risultati di ricerche sulla influenza di microonde di λ = 60-70 cm. sui vegetali

Salotti, A., Fiorenzi · 1934

Researchers investigated whether microwaves of 60-70 cm wavelength influence germination and growth of various seeds, particularly wheat. In systematic experiments, 150 wheat seeds per experiment received various doses over multiple days from a 5 W oscillator, and the results were completely negative.

Biologische Wirkungen der Hertzschen Kurzwellen / BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HERTZIAN SHORTWAVES

Liebesny, P. · 1934

Action des ondes électro-magnétiques sur les matières colorantes photodynamiques dans le coeur des batraciens

Roffo, A. S., Jr. · 1934

Researchers tested neutral red, methylene blue, erythrosin, and eosin on batrachian hearts. Irradiated solutions may exert a much stronger action on the hearts of batrachia than non-irradiated solutions. The substances acted on the auriculo-ventricular and intraventricular systems, provoking A.V. and I.V. blocks with diminished systolic amplitude.

Tuberculosis of the Larynx

G. McD. Van Poole · 1934

Researchers applied a shortwave condenser field at 3.96 m wavelength to agar blocks with a thermoindicator to visualize thermal zones. The thermoindicator changed at 37 degrees C. With equal plates on both sides the heated zone was band-shaped and matched the plate width; with unequal plates it formed a truncated cone following the plates' outer edges. Heating started near the plates and spread toward the center until zones merged. The author noted that wavelength relative to the maximal heating value affected heat distribution, with shorter wavelengths giving more even penetration.

THE EFFECT OF HYPERPYREXIA INDUCED BY RADIATION UPON THE LEUKOCYTE COUNT

William Bierman, M.D. · 1934

Researchers induced hyperpyrexia in 24 human subjects using 30 m radio waves, raising rectal temperature to 104° to 106° F. and maintaining it for 3 to 4 hours. White blood cells initially fell 25 to 30 per cent by the end of the first or second hour. By the third to fifth hour leukocyte counts rose to 80 per cent above baseline, reaching as high as 22,600, and immature forms such as myelocytes, metamyelocytes, premyelocytes, and myeloblasts appeared.

L'aumento di produzione del grano per mezzo del trattamento elettrici provejutivo della semente

Riccioni, B. · 1934

La possibilité due diagnostic clinique différentiel, par la mutation de l'énergie électromagnétique

Mirahorian, L. · 1934

A proposito di generatori diatermici a onde corte

Reviglio, G. M. · 1934

The speaker emphasized the advantages of short wave diathermic generators and claimed they represent a real progress from a physical point of view. Clinical experience will show whether they are a real therapeutic progress, though the speaker is inclined to believe so based on theoretical considerations and treated cases.

Ultrashort Radio Waves as a Therapeutic Agent

A. J. Ginsberg · 1934

Uber fraktionierte irisbestrahlung am kaninchennauge, mit bemerkungen zu den Goldmannschen Irisverbrennungen und seinem angeblichen warmestar

Semadeni B · 1934

Ein räumliches Modell für die thermischen Wirkungen elektrischer Schwingungen in der Therapie

Holzer, W. · 1934

Holzer described a simple system using parallel insertion of a resistance and a condenser to model the thermal action of Hertzian short waves in electrotherapy. The model uses a diagram to show the special relationship between the diathermic zone and the short wave zone. This consideration explains the relatively intense heating of the skin in diathermy. It also explains the uniform heating in short-wave therapy. The principal difference between diathermy and short-wave therapy is the latter's property of negativity regarding resistance.

Referat uber elektrische Wellen und biologische Phanomen

Dessauer, F. · 1934

Ultra-short diathermic waves increased conductive capacity, permitting more homogeneous heat in deep tissues and avoiding metallic skin contact during treatment of inflammatory processes. Varying the wavelength could direct maximum heat to deep tissues, but this approach did not yield notable practical effects despite initial hopes. Microscopic effects in cells and organ elements such as blood followed rules described by Desye based on studies by Schafer and Danzer.

Action biologique des courants de haute frequence

A. D'Arsonval · 1934

DEVELOPMENT AND FORM OF SHORT WAVE THERMAL ZONES IN AN AGAR BODY

Albrecht, W. · 1934

Researchers used a 4 per cent. agar block with a thermoindicator turning at 37 degrees C to visualize thermal zones generated by a short-wave condenser field of 3.96 m wavelength. Round condenser plates insulated by glass hooks, with diameters of 25 up. to 10 mm., heated agar layers 10-50 mm thick. When plates of equal size were used, the heated zone was band-shaped and practically the same width as the plates; when a large and a small plate were placed opposite each other, a truncated cone thermal zone formed with its borderline nearly matching the exterior connecting line between the plate surfaces.

Effetti biologici delle onde di Hertz

Castaldi, L. · 1934

HEATING EFFECT OF VERY HIGH FREQUENCY CONDENSER FIELDS ON ORGANIC FLUIDS AND TISSUES

J. W. Schereschewsky · 1933