The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life documents the role of measurable electrical phenomena in living organisms. Its central claim is that the body is not merely chemical but genuinely electrical: direct-current fields participate in biological processes such as bone healing and tissue regeneration, and these currents can be detected with instruments.

The method is that of peer-reviewed experimental science. Drawing on the author's research as an orthopedic surgeon and biophysicist, the book presents evidence for bioelectricity in healing and regeneration, and extends it to early, empirically framed concern about the health effects of artificial electromagnetic fields.

Within a category otherwise populated by metaphysical claims, the work serves as a boundary marker. It distinguishes established bioelectromagnetics from the unfalsifiable language of vibration, frequency, and aura with which it is frequently conflated, standing as the empirical reference point against which mystical biofield claims may be measured.