Artificial Fever Produced by the Short Wave Radio and Its Therapeutic Application
Authors: C. F. TENNEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 October 1932Artificial Fever Produced by the Short Wave Radio and Its Therapeutic ApplicationC. F. TENNEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.C. F. TENNEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-4-457 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor the past fifteen years we have been interested in producing artificial fever as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of diseases of the peripheral circulation and arthritis by injecting a foreign protein intravenously, following the work of Petersen, Miller, and Lusk. This injection produces a chill within thirty minutes to an hour, followed by a rise in temperature of from two to five degrees; this in turn is followed by a sweat. The blood changes are an increase in the number of white blood corpuscles, as well as in the polymorphonuclears, and a slight variation in the chemical constitution...References1 CARPENTERPAGE CMAB: The production of fever in man by short radio waves, Sci., 1930, lxxi, No. 1844, 450-462. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 HINSIECARPENTER LECM: Radiothermic treatment of general paralysis, Psychiatric Quart., 1931, v, 215-224 CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 MCLENNAN JC: The heating effect of short radio waves, Jr. Maryland Academy Sci., 1931, ii, No. 1, 14-24. Google Scholar4 MCLENNANBURTON JCAC: Selective heating by short radio waves and its application to electrotherapy, Canad, Jr. Research, 1931, v, 550-566. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 MCLENNANBURTON JCAC: The heating of electrolytes in high frequency fields, Canad. Jr. Research, 1930, iii, 224-240. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 KNUDSONSCHAIBLE APJ: The effect of exposure to an ultrahigh frequency field on growth and on reproduction in the white rat, Arch. Path., 1931, ii, 723-727. Google Scholar7 HINSIEBLALOCK LEJR: Leucocytes in general paralysis treated by radiothermy, Psychiatric Quart., 1931, v, 432-440. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 PEMBERTON R: Arthritis and rheumatoid conditions; their nature and treatment, 1929, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.Presented at the San Francisco meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 6, 1932.From the Medical Service of the Fifth Avenue Hospital, New York City. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFever Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis*Fever therapy in childrenHyperpyrexia as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Non-Surgical Urological ConditionsArtificial fever therapy of gonorrheal arthritisTHE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM OF "RHEUMATISM"; A REVIEW OF RECENT AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE ON "RHEUMATISM" AND ARTHRITIS*PHILIP S. HENCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALTER BAUER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALMON A. FLETCHER, M.D., DAVID GHRIST, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRANCIS HALL, M.D., F.A.C.P., PRESTON WHITE, M.D.ELECTROPYREXIA A RÉSUMÉ OF THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS AND TECHNICS*STAFFORD OSBORNE, B.P.E., D. E. MARKSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY PYRETOTHERAPY OF NEUROSYPHILIS*A Preliminary ReportWALTER M. SIMPSON, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., FRED K. KISLIG, M.D., F.A.C.S., EDWIN C. SITTLER, B.S. (ENG.) 1 October 1932Volume 6, Issue 4Page: 457-468KeywordsArthritisBlood cellsFeversHyperthermiaMedical servicesProteinsSweatTemperatureWhite blood cells Issue Published: 1 October 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...