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The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life is a book by Robert O. Becker and Gary Selden in which Becker, an orthopedic surgeon at SUNY Upstate working for the Veterans Administration, described his research into "our bioelectric selves".

The book was first published by William Morrow and Company in 1985.

Index

Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Co-author's Note 9
Introduction: The Promise of the Art 17
Part 1 Growth and Regrowth 23

Hydra's Heads and Medusa's Blood 25

Failed Healing in Bone 29
A Fable Made Fact 32

The Embryo at the Wound 40
Mechanics of Growth 42
Control Problems 47
Nerve Connections 55
Vital Electricity 60

The Sign of the Miracle 68
The Tribunal 69
The Reversals 71

Part 2 The Stimulating Current 77

Life's Potentials 79
Unpopular Science 82

The Body Electric
Undercurrents in Neurology 85
Conducting in a New Mode 91
Testing the Concept 94

The Circuit of Awareness 103
Closing the Circle 103
The Artifact Man and a Friend in Deed 106
The Electromagnetic Brain 110
The Ticklish Gene 118
The Pillars of the Temple 118
The Inner Electronics of Bone 126
A Surprise in the Blood 135
Do-It-Yourself Dedifferentiation 141
The Genetic Key 144

Good News for Mammals 150
A First Step with a Rat Leg 152
Childhood Powers, Adult Prospects 155

Part 3 Our Hidden Healing Energy 161
The Silver Wand 163
Minus for Growth, Plus for Infection 163
Positive Surprises 169
The Fracture Market 175

The Organ Tree 181
Cartilage 187
Skull Bones 188
Eyes 190
Muscle 191
Abdominal Organs 192
The Lazarus Heart 196
The Five-Alarm Blastema 197
The Self-Mending Net 203
Peripheral Nerves 206
The Spinal Cord 207
The Brain 213
Righting a Wrong Turn 215
A Reintegrative Approach 219

Part 4 The Essence of Life 227
The Missing Chapter 229
The Constellation of the Body 233
Unifying Pathways 238

Breathing with the Earth 243
The Attractions of Home 250
The Face of the Deep 255
Crossroads of Evolution 261
Hearing Without Ears 264
Maxwell's Silver Hammer 271
Subliminal Stress 276
Power Versus People 278
Fatal Locations 284
The Central Nervous System 284
The Endocrine, Metabolic, and Cardiovascular
Systems 288
Growth Systems and Immune Response 292
Conflicting Standards 304
Invisible Warfare 317
Critical Connections 326
Postscript: Political Science 330
Glossary 348
Index 353