Robert Becker & Gary Selden - The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
"The Body Electric" tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the field of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body.
Dr. Becker, an orthopedic surgeon, describes his research into non-healing bone breaks. He began by examining why normal bones heal, and then explored the reasons why bones fail to heal properly. In the process he observed several interesting properties of bones and bone growth, such as the fact that bones are semiconductors and piezoelectric in nature. These tie into the healing process by electrically stimulating bone marrow cells to dedifferentiate into a form of adult stem cells which regrew the bone from within by regeneration. By applying external electrical stimulation in the proper form, he was able to induce bone healing in patients whose bones had failed to heal together.
He found clues to the healing process in the long-discarded theory of the 18th century vitalists that electricity is vital to the life process. But as exciting as Becker's discoveries are, pointing to the day when human limbs, spinal cords, and organs may be regenerated after they have been damaged, equally fascinating is the story of Becker's struggle to do such original work.
As his understanding of the effects of electrical forces led him to alert the public to their possible effects on the environment, the establishment erected an even higher wall of resistance. "The Body Electric" also explores new pathways in our understanding of evolution, acupuncture, psychic phenomena, and cancer, all within the framework of Dr. Becker's colorful and controversial career.
www.isbn.nu/0688001238 - www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Electric
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- Cross Currents: The Promise of Electromedicine, the Perils of Electropollution
Discusses the impact of electromagnetic pollution on the human body, and describes alternate healing methods that make use of the body's innate electrical healing systems.
www.isbn.nu/0874775361
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