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DURING the last ten years or so many investigations have been made concerning the biological and medical effects of short wave radiation. The absorption of such radiation by tissues necessarily results in the liberation of heat, and many of the effects observed are admittedly due to this cause. They could alternatively be produced by other methods of heating, although the radiation method frequently offers special advantages and potentialities. It is being pursued energetically in various laboratories and clinics, and appears to rest on a sound theoretical and experimental basis1.
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Curtis, W., Dickens, R. & Evans, S. The Specific Action of Ultra-short Wireless Waves. Nature 138, 63–65 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138063a0
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