Cross Currents: The Promise of Electromedicine, The Perils of Electropollution [Hardcover]

Robert O. Becker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1989

Dr. Becker tells of the emergence of electromagnetic medicine, which promises to unlock the secrets of healing, and the growth of electromagnetic pollution, which poses a clear environmental danger. He explains the effectiveness of alternative healing methods that use parts of the body's innate electrical healing systems, and warns that our bodies are being adversely affected by power lines, computers, microwaves and satellite dishes.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Becker explores the healing potential and adverse effects of electricity. Many alternative therapies attempt to tap the curative abilities of electromagnetism, and Becker thinks they are often effective modalities which do not have the dangerous side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, and other mainstream medical procedures. On the opposite side of the coin, he reviews the potential dangers of electromagnetic fields from such sources as common household appliances, power lines, and computers--risks exhaustively exposed in Paul Brodeur's Currents of Death ( LJ 10/1/89). This accessible book is recommended for public libraries.
- Judith Eannarino, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher; 1st edition (December 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874775361
• ISBN-13: 978-0874775365
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #951,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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100 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making the Connection, January 4, 2000

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Robert Tso (So. SanGabriel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross Currents (Paperback)

This is an illuminating book!

If you would like to know the scientific basis for the connection between acupuncture, the ability of salamanders to regenerate limbs, the occurance of remissions in cancer patients, the ability of qigong masters to heal, the extinction of species, the correlation of childhood leukemia with powerline proximity, then get this facinating and well written book by an M.D. who did his own pioneering research that led to a new paradigm for the role of electicity and magnetism in biology.

Also, learn what you can do to protect yourself from the everday perils of electropollution.

101 of 104 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What medicine should have been, November 3, 2000

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R. Wallace "Bob Wallace" (St. Louis, Mo USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross Currents (Paperback)

and with any luck, will be in the future. Robert Becker is an M.D. and research scientist with impeccable credentials--he discovered the minute electric currents, applied to bone fractures, will heal breaks that weren't knitting (and before his treatment, amputation was the only alternature for non-unions.) As noted below, this book is illumating. The author goes a long way toward finding a scientific basis for acupuncture, homeopathy, and 'faith' healing--at the very least, they involve the electromagnetic field in and around the body. He details the opposition he has encountered through the years from the close-minded, who, through the all-too-human combination of ignorance, arrogance, blindness and politics, have hindered his work (and 'scientists' are always extolling the open-minded superiority of science over all else!) He makes no secret of his disdain for the likes of self-appointed witch-finders like James "the Amazing" Randi. In the last half of the book Becker discusses electropollution, the possible harm it can do to people, and how to reduce or elimate your exposure. An eye-opening book that will be enjoyed by those interested in the failures of modern medicine (and 'failure' is indeed the right word, since the medicine profession has had to admit that doctors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.)

93 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title and cover - amazing book, April 2, 2001

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Dr. Peter J. Mckenzie (Oxford, Oxon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross Currents (Paperback)

Others have summarised this astonishing book. It is most unfortunate that the title and cover imply a sensationalist book. It is sensational - but in the sense of new knowledge unknown to most of the Medical fraternity and I write as aa senior MD! This is the most important medical book I have read and I nearly ignored it because of its lurid presentation.