Re: EM fields of human body

[bennett@brivs2.bartol.udel.edu]

Dear Beth,

	Regarding your question about physicists who study electric and magnetic
fields in humans and other animals: when I was an undergraduate student, I 
worked for a physics prof at Vanderbilt University whose main research was on 
biophysical magnetic fields. I know that he has measured and modelled the fields
of various human nerves, human heart and the nerves of various animals. I 
haven't kept up much with him in the last eight years, but I am pretty sure that
he is still actively working in those areas. You might want to write to him for 
information. His name is John Wikswo, his email (according to my APS membership 
directory) is wikswojp@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu .

Jonathan Bennett

>          I'm trying to locate any research done by physicists on the
>          electric and magnetic fields of the human body (or of other
>          animals).  I'm interested in the type of research that is
>          discussed in the book The Body Electric by Robert Becker.  I
>          know there has been a fair amount of research done in
>          various branches of the health sciences and possibly by
>          biologists, but are there any physicists involved? Can
>          anyone point me in the right direction?
>
>          Beth
>
>          thackerb@gvsu.edu