Word: microtherm
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...Microtherm, a machine which uses radar waves to apply heat to sprains, sore muscles, infected sinuses, etc. Hospitals have pronounced it far more efficient than the pre-radar heat machines, so far have bought...
Last week's conference heard that the Raytheon Microtherm has advantages over ordinary diathermy. The beam of tiny waves can be concentrated on a small part of the body, heating it strongly, while leaving nearby parts unaffected. Conventional diathermy, with its 20-ft.-plus waves, heats larger areas...
Here's some of the equipment that fills the Medical Room: there whirlpool baths, two needle baths, one sitz bath, ten radiant heat lamps of various wattage, three infra-red lamps, one ultraviolet lamp, one microtherm, two shortwave diathermes, two long-wave diathermes, and an x-ray machine capable of producing a finished film in something like three minutes. This machine, one of the few college field house x-ray units in captivity, stands loaded during all games to determine fractures...
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