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History of magnetic stimulation of the nervous system
1William A. Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
Abstract:
The use of a time-varying magnetic field to induce a sufficiently strong current to stimulate living tissue was first reported by d'Arsonval in 1896. Since then, there have been many studies in what is now called magnetic stimulation. This paper traces the history of this field from d'Arsonval to its present use in neurophysiology.