Diathermy
Diatermia
- Date
- 1907 · confidence high
- Place
- Berlin, Germany
- Credited to
- Karl Franz Nagelschmidt
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
German physician Karl Franz Nagelschmidt introduced diathermy in Berlin in 1907: deep tissue heating using high-frequency electrical currents, used in physical therapy and, at higher power, to destroy tissue in surgery.
What it led to
- High-frequency electrosurgery
- Shortwave and microwave physical therapy
- Thermal ablation in oncology