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SINCE diathermy first became a generally recognized method of treatment and especially after short-wave therapy was universally accepted, the controversy as to whether the heat effects alone account for the biological effects has not ceased. No other physical effect but heat has, however, up to the present been proved to exist while high-frequency currents are applied.
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NAGELSCHMIDT, K. Biological Effects of High-frequency and Magnetic Fields. Nature 146, 590 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146590a0
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