Preface

This field started for me in 1987 with a bioelectromagnetics instrument design portfolio that eventually comprised AC and DC gaussmeters, geomagnetometers, electrostatic and ion current meters, ELF spectrum analyzers, and a Dental Vapor Ionizer. I was privileged to exchange viewpoints with Dr. Robert O. Becker about the possibility of measuring a brain’s magnetoencephalogram (MEG) with off-the-shelf high-gain amplifier chips and of course, the effect of the earth’s Schumann resonance on brain waves.

A year later, I befriended the Russian medical doctor, May Bychkov, who had finally been allowed to emigrate to the US in 1987. He had authored 83 journal and secret publications from 1948-1973 in Russian mostly devoted to bioelectromagnetics. One of his secret patents in Russia was devoted to a “system for remote influence of brain potentials on animal and man by means of modulation of radiofrequency radiation.” This expert in a field that seemed to be just emerging in the US told me that electromagnetic medicine was utilized in medical clinics throughout Russia. In fact, Dr. Bychkov said, for example, if a patient came in with an ear infection, an electromagnetic device was pointed toward the ear for a few minutes to eliminate the infection. He went on to convince me of the wide range of bioelectromagnetic instrumentation that his country had already developed and put to use in the medical field.

The work I did a few years later with ELF Labs and a few others gave me greater respect for such therapeutic applications of bioelectromagnetic high voltage devices. However, it was the many lectures from Dr. Bob Beck that really impressed me with what a physicist and engineer can contribute to this field. Bob was famous for recovering bioelectromagnetic treatment devices, as in one case, a high-priced Russian therapy instrument, and then making inexpensive consumer models for the general public. Some of his work on the Kaali patent is an example of his thoroughness.

It is obvious to most of those who study this field that it really comprises “the medicine of the future.” The sad and deeply disturbing truth is that it has already been invented and presented to the medical profession over one hundred years ago, here in the US.

Natural healing has become a popular topic for book titles. However, a neglected source of healing found in nature is bioelectromagnetism, the topic of this book. We are electromagnetic (EM) beings with so much EM activity in our body that the chemical exchanges almost pale into insignificance.

The study of the biological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) has only recently been called bioelectromagnetics (BEMs).¹ Though chronic exposure (8 hours/day) to electromagnetic fields has sometimes been associated with potential for harm to the body, there are many BEM instruments and devices re-emerging in the 21^st century, based on high voltage Tesla coils, that bring beneficial health improvements to human organisms. The Tesla coil class of therapy devices constitute pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) that deliver broadband, wide spectrum, nonthermal photons and electrons deep into biological tissue. Electromedicine or electromagnetic medicine are the terms applied to such developments in the ELF, LF, RF, IR, visible or UV band. With short term, non-contacting exposures of several minutes at a time, such high voltage Tesla PEMF devices may represent the ideal, noninvasive therapy of the future, accompanied by a surprising lack of harmful side effects. A biophysical rationale for the benefits of BEM healing a wide variety of illnesses including cancer, proposes a correlation between electron antioxidants as well as a restored transmembrane potential and the NaK transport across cell membranes with ATP-production and immune system enhancement. The century-long historical record of these devices is also traced, revealing highly questionable behavior from the medical and public health institutions toward such proven therapeutics. Key sections are noted with a - symbol to indicate importance. Summaries of several BEM inventions are included but not an exhaustive nor comprehensive review. This book should not be construed as an attempt to prescribe or recommend treatment of any kind. It reviews an electromagnetic medical science that is almost inaccessible to the public otherwise. Patients should seek advice from a qualified medical practitioner at all times.

Thomas Valone Washington DC

Bioelectromagnetics Society (founded 1978), 2412 Cobblestone Way, Frederick MD 21702. www.bioelectromagnetics.org