Diathermy Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The idea that high-frequency electromagnetic currents might have therapeutic effects was explored independently in 1890–1891 by Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval, a French physician and biophysicist, and by Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American engineer. German physician Karl Franz Nagelschmidt coined the term diathermy in 1908 and performed the first extensive experiments on patients.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Henry Regensteiner in memory of Martin Regensteiner, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.313050.01
label: catalog number
content: 313050.01
label: accession number
content: 313050
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diathermy machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 14 in x 43 in; 50.8 cm x 35.56 cm x 109.22 cm