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ultrasonograpy vs. ultrasound, ultrasound stimulation vs. electromagnetic stimulation
- Min Zhao (30 March 2009)
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Herbal remedy for Non-union of Fractures
- George Y Caldwell, Singapore 259858. (1 April 2009)
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Min Zhao, Professor Dermatology & Ophthalmology , University of California, Davis, CA 95618
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I would suggest differentiating the following ultrasonograpy vs. ultrasound; ultrasound stimulation vs. electromagnetic stimulation. Competing interests: None declared |
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George Y Caldwell, General Practitioner 31 Balmoral Park, #18-33, Singapore 259858.
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Into my clinic some forty years ago came a young man asking for an X- ray. Of what? He had had a fracture of his right humerus mid-shaft some six and more months previously and the General Hospital which he had attended had given him up and told him that there would be non-union for ever. He had then taken himself to a local Chinese Physician, a "Sin-seh", who had examined him and wrapped up his arm in a bundle of herbs. It seemed not much longer than three weeks after when he came to see me and asked for the X-ray. He felt that union had taken place. Indeed it had. The film showed a strong line of bone across the fracture line. There was firm union. Some years later there were papers in the journals about the trial of Infra-red and "Deep-heat" in an attempt to heal such fractures. Then there is the use of the "hay-box" in the army for keeping food hot. Perhaps these herbs, whatever, generated a degree of heat which increased the circulation around the affected part and thus encouraged healing? Competing interests: None declared |
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