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Electromagnetic Effects in Humans

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Biological Coherence and Response to External Stimuli

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The recognition of electromagnetic effects by and in humans must begin with man’s conscious perception of the light from the sun and other heavenly bodies, thunder-storms, geomagnetic fields and through magnetite (lodestone) to the navigators’ compass. Gilbert (1600) published his treatise, De Magnete, in which he included an account of the “medicinal virtues” of lodestone.

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Smith, C.W. (1988). Electromagnetic Effects in Humans. In: Fröhlich, H. (eds) Biological Coherence and Response to External Stimuli. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73309-3_12

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