Re: Snake Oil

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>]

> At 10:52 1/9/00 -0800, Ray Rogoway wrote:
> ....
>  >I think it's our responsibility to deal with "JUNK SCIENCE" in the
>  >classroom. Does anyone have any data that supports magnetic therapy?
>  >
>  >Comments???
>  >
>  >Ray Rogoway
>
> As far as I know - AC fields are routinely used to deal with
> recalcitrant bone breaks that refuse to mend in the usual way.
>
>    The coils are energized with a 60 Hertz field, although some
> implementations use asymmetric field intensity in successive
>  half cycles.
>
>
> brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
> Altus OK

And what does this accomplish aside from allowing the recipients of
the radiation to see their favorite TV shows with their teeth?

Hugh


Hugh Haskell
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