Boutaric J J
Hist Sci Med. 1994;28(3):255-63.
Although the magnet was a marginal therapeutic mean, it was employed from antiquity to the XIXth century, either to treat various ailments by application on the skin or by absorption, or to take out alien metallic bodies. It was used in its natural magnet or magnetic stone form till the XVIIth century, and under the form termed synthetic magnet or tempered steel made magnet starting with the XVIIth century. These applications are listed in chronological order here, pointing out how remarkably continuous has been the use of the magnet by medicine for many centuries.
尽管磁体只是一种辅助治疗手段，但从古代到19世纪一直在使用，要么通过贴于皮肤上或经吸收来治疗各种疾病，要么用于取出体内的外来金属物体。17世纪以前使用天然磁体或磁石，从17世纪起则使用所谓的人造磁体或经回火处理的钢制成的磁体。这里按时间顺序列出了这些应用，指出了医学上对磁体的使用在许多世纪以来是多么显著地持续着。
