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Ueber Diathermie. (Transthermie, Thermopenetration.)

Münch med. Wschr., 56, 2575-76. 1909.

Nagelschmidt employed high frequency currents in treatment after the suggestions of Tesla and the work of Nernst, claiming priority over the latter in the use of this method. Nagelschmidt named this form of treatment “diathermy”.

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