— Nikola Tesla, 1899
1856 – 1943
Originator
By 1890 his resonant capacitive-inductive circuit was generating pulses above 15 kHz at tens of kilovolts. He demonstrated, repeatedly and publicly, that very high-frequency currents could be passed through the human body without damage.
Modified d’Arsonval’s apparatus into the ‘Oudin resonator’ — the direct ancestor of every violet-ray and Effluve device built since. Documented analgesic and reparative effects across dozens of clinical contexts.
1856 – 1943
Originator
By 1890 his resonant capacitive-inductive circuit was generating pulses above 15 kHz at tens of kilovolts. He demonstrated, repeatedly and publicly, that very high-frequency currents could be passed through the human body without damage.
David B. Graves, University of California, Berkeley
Peer-reviewed IEEE paper arguing that plasma medicine originated with Nikola Tesla in the late 19th century, when he demonstrated that large quantities of high-frequency currents could be passed through the human body without apparent damage. Tesla’s work inspired decades of investigation into the physics and biomedical effects of these currents. The paper concludes that modern plasma medicine has under-emphasised the role of the high-frequency currents themselves, and that the lineage of Tesla, d’Arsonval, Oudin, Eberhart and Monell remains directly relevant to contemporary research.
