Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 1
Over the long history of humankind, various techniques have been
tried to mitigate the effects of various illnesses and diseases. In
ancient times it was widely thought good health and harvests,
and by some life itself, came from the sun and stars. Generally
medicinal therapies were painstakingly built up at the communal
level, for example, by trying plants and other flora—what worked
and what did not. Two ancient examples are herbal medicine and
acupuncture, while homoeopathy is a more recent method. As
knowledge of chemistry and biology grew, traditional therapies
were shelved, while the East and indigenous populations retained
them. No basis was found for many methods by modern science. In
1927 quantum theory was widely adopted across science, including
chemistry and biology. Einstein, the most eminent scientist of
the 20th century, considered quantum theory incomplete, along
with its probabilities. But no other solution was available in this
period when quantumtheory dominated. Now, a new description of
physics and biophysics, the mathematics of self-field theory (SFT),
suggests re-examination of many alternative therapies since SFT
shows quantum theory is indeed incomplete. In our modern era
there are concerns and opportunities with electromagnetic (EM)
exposures. Technological exposures can be many times natural
