The Decline of 20th Century High-Frequency Therapeutics

Q3 Physics and Astronomy

Plasma Medicine Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1615/plasmamed.2021041385

Tal Horovitz, Nathan Monesa, Aviel Hanasab, R. Foulad

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Abstract

: The use of high-frequency currents as a therapy for treating various medical conditions gained momentum during the late 19th-century but began to decline about 30 years later. Around this time various researchers discredited the reputation of high-frequency currents (HFCs) by indicating that HFCs produced their therapeutic effects through the action of heat alone, without a “specific effect” of HFCs. The rejection of the Rife machine by many physicians, due to a lack of understanding of its principles, along with the rise in fraudulent Rife machines, also added doubt to the validity of electrotherapeutics. Furthermore, the simultaneous rise in popularity of the pharmaceutical industry and X-ray therapy ensured the decline in popularity, and hence funding for the research of HFCs.

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20世纪高频疗法的衰落

当前位置使用高频电流作为治疗各种疾病的一种疗法在19世纪后期获得了发展势头，但大约30年后开始衰落。大约在这个时候，许多研究人员质疑高频电流(hfc)的名声，他们指出，hfc仅通过热的作用产生治疗效果，而没有hfc的“特定效应”。由于缺乏对阮机原理的理解，许多医生对阮机的拒绝，以及欺诈性阮机的增加，也增加了对电疗有效性的怀疑。此外，制药业和x射线疗法的同时普及确保了普及程度的下降，从而减少了氢氟碳化物的研究经费。

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期刊介绍： Technology has always played an important role in medicine and there are many journals today devoted to medical applications of ionizing radiation, lasers, ultrasound, magnetic resonance and others. Plasma technology is a relative newcomer to the field of medicine. Experimental work conducted at several major universities, research centers and companies around the world over the recent decade demonstrates that plasma can be used in variety of medical applications. It is already widely used surgeries and endoscopic procedures. It has been shown to control properties of cellular and tissue matrices, including biocompatibility of various substrates. Non-thermal plasma has been demonstrated to deactivate dangerous pathogens and to stop bleeding without damaging healthy tissue. It can be used to promote wound healing and to treat cancer. Understanding of various mechanisms by which plasma can interact with living systems, including effects of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species and charges, has begun to emerge recently. The aim of the Plasma Medicine journal will be to provide a forum where the above topics as well as topics closely related to them can be presented and discussed. Existing journals on plasma science and technology are aimed for audiences with primarily engineering and science background. The field of Plasma Medicine, on the other hand, is highly interdisciplinary. Some of prospective readers and contributors of the Plasma Medicine journal are expected to have background in medicine and biology. Others might be more familiar with plasma science. The goal of the proposed Plasma Medicine journal is to bridge the gap between audiences with such different backgrounds, without sacrificing the quality of the papers be their emphasis on medicine, biology or plasma science and technology.