Richard Kovacs
Encyclopedia
Richard Kovacs was a physician that pioneered diathermy
as a therapy. In 1945, he was lamenting the rapid disappearance of American spas.
Diathermy
In the natural sciences, the term diathermy means "electrically induced heat" and is commonly used for muscle relaxation. It is also a method of heating tissue electromagnetically or ultrasonically for therapeutic purposes in medicine.-Surgical uses:...
as a therapy. In 1945, he was lamenting the rapid disappearance of American spas.
Writings
- German Spas: Neuenahr, Wiesbaden, Baden-Baden as Seen by the Travel Study Club of American Physicians (1926)
- Accidental Injuries in Office Practice (1933) in the Journal of the American Medical AssociationJournal of the American Medical AssociationThe Journal of the American Medical Association is a weekly, peer-reviewed, medical journal, published by the American Medical Association. Beginning in July 2011, the editor in chief will be Howard C. Bauchner, vice chairman of pediatrics at Boston University’s School of Medicine, replacing ...