Early American Energy Medicine

High-Frequency Currents
Frederick F. Strong, M.D.
1908

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Title Page (graphic)

PREFACE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I
    HISTORICAL AND IINTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II
    ELECTRONS AND VIBRATION
        Table of Waves of Radiant Energy

CHAPTER III
    ELECTRO-PHYSICS, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE ELECTRON THEORY
        Magnetism

CHAPTER IV
    ELECTRO-PHYSICS (continued)
        The Nature and Generation of Alternating Currents

CHAPTER V
    PHYSICAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE; GENERATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS

CHAPTER VI
    EUROPEAN TYPES OF HIGH-FREQUENCY APPARATUS

CHAPTER VII
    THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN HIGH-FREQUENCY THERAPEUTICS
        Earlier Forms of Alternating Current Apparatus

CHAPTER VIII
    MODERN HIGH-FREQUENCY APPARATUS OF THE AMERICAN TYPE
        Tesla-Thomson Coils

CHAPTER IX
    MODERN AMERICAN HIGH-FREQUENCY APPARATUS, FOR "DIRECT CURRENT" USE

CHAPTER X
    ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF APPARATUS

CHAPTER XI
    THE PHENOMENA AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS
        (A) Phenomena of Induction
        (B) Electro-Static Phenomena
        (C) Electro-Dynamic Phenomena
        (D) Resonance Effects

CHAPTER XII
    THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS

CHAPTER XIII
    TECHNIC FOR THE THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS

CHAPTER XIV
    THERAPEUTIC TECHNIC (continued)
        The Resonator Discharge

CHAPTER XV
    THERAPEUTIC TECHNIC (continued)
        Methods for the Application of Tesla Currents

CHAPTER XVI
    THERAPEUTIC TECHNIC (continued)
        Treatment by Means of Glass "Vacuum Electrodes"
            (A) Monolar Direct Application
            (B) Monopolar Indirect Application
            (C) Bipolar Direct Application
            (D) Bipolar Mult-Frequency Treatment

CHAPTER XVII
    THE HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE X-RAY

CHAPTER XVIII
    THE GENERATION OF THE ULTRA-VIOLET RAY BY HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS

CHAPTER XIX
    THE GENERATION OF OZONE BY THE HIGH-FREQUENICY CURRENT

CHAPTER XX
    A REVIEW OF MODERN THERAPEUTIC METHODS

CHAPTER XXI
    PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF OSCILLATORY CURRENTS

CHAPTER XXII
    THE THERAPEUTIC ACTION OF HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS
        (A) D'Arsonval Currents
        (B) Currents of Very High Potential with Relatively Low Amperage
            1. Monopolar Treatment
            2. Bipolar Application or Tesla Technic
            3. Multi-Frequency Modalities
            4. Hyperstatic Technic

CHAPTER XXIII
    HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF NUTRITION
        (A) Diseases of the Digestive System
        (B) Diseases of the Blood and Heart
        (C) Diseases of the Respiratory Tract
                Pulmonary Tuberculosis
        (D) Diseases Involving Deranged Metabolism
        (E) Diseases of the Excretory Apparatus

CHAPTER XXIV
    THE TREATIAUENT OF DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BY HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS

CHAPTER XXV
    INFECTIOUS AND MALIGNANT DISEASES

CHAPTER XXVI
    SPECIAL USES FOR CURRENTS OF HIGH FREQUENCY

INDEX