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Coherent Excitations in Blood

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Coherent Excitations in Biological Systems

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In Calgary, W.G. deHaas has had spectacular success in treating fractured bones which would not unite and infected bones which would not heal (deHaas, Lazarovici & Morrison 1979; deHaas, Morrison & Watson 1980) with pulsed magnetic fields. Patients have been spared otherwise Inevitable amputations. Dr. deHaas’ laboratory is next to mine and I always had an interest in his work. Two years ago while on Sabbatical leave I began to look for an explanation of the induced healing process at the cellular level. In the course of the search I came across the Frohlich (1968, 1980) theory of coherent excitations in living cells.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4

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  1. Department of Physics, The University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    Herbert Fröhlich

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Rowlands, S. (1983). Coherent Excitations in Blood. In: Fröhlich, H., Kremer, F. (eds) Coherent Excitations in Biological Systems. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69186-7_15

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