In said:***For this purpose low voltage alternating current electric
potentials are applied to the treatment vessel which are of the
order of from about 0.2 to 12 volts and produce current flow
densities in the blood or other fluids of from one microampere
per square millimeter of electrode area exposed to the fluid
being treated to about two milliamperes per square millimeter.***
[...]
Quoted message said:DC - can you calculate how strong the current you would have to
apply to the body surface in order to reach a parasite in the
liver with a current of that strength? And what would it do to
my skin, and heart and the tissues in between?
Voltages don't mean anything -- it's the current density that
matters. So, using the 1 microamp/mm2 lower bound, and assuming
a fairly standard axial thoracic cross-section of about 400
square centimeters (40,000 square millimeters) you get a net
current of 40 milliamperes. 40 mA through the thorax is quite
enough to cause cardiac arrest.
In any part of the body, 100 uA/cm2 is going to be quite
perceptible, well up into the "unpleasant shock" range.
Therefore, since Hulda's clients have never reported that
order of shock, we can safely say that the current densities
described in this patent are much higher than anything that
she has used on them.
Changing to the high end current, that's 200 mA per square cm.
It's not easy to get that much current density through skin
resistance, and if you did even with damp skin you'd get
enough heat to cause burns.
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