Enhancement of bone healing by an exogenous magnetic field and the magnetic vaccine

Abstract We have demonstrated in rabbits that in the absence of a terrestial magnetic field, mammalian bone suffers from calcium depletion. This points to the possibility that the earth's field might be used as a ‘magnetic vaccine’ for the treatment of consolidation delays in bone healing. The effects, on bone calcification, of magnetic fields produced by electronically generated signals of sine and square waveform, over a range of frequencies from 0–250 kHz, were studied with the aid of a magnetic field generated within a coil containing the bone under test. Suggestions are made for an apparatus suitable for home use, and another which could be introduced into a hospital clinic.