Athermapeutic apparatus employing electro-magnetic fields

Athermapeutic apparatus for inducing electrical charge in the cells of a patient, said apparatus including an applicator for producing pulsed electromagnetic fields in a selected portion of the body of said patient, said fields being generated at a selected frequency, amplitude and duration, said applicator having a large area face in a first plane to be placed facing the patient, said applicator including a variable capacitor having first and second parallel plates, said plates being oriented in planes parallel to said first plane, said apparatus including means operative to vary capacitance between said parallel plates for varying the frequency of said pulses wherein said variable capacitor is of a butterfly type, said first and second plates comprising a rotor and a stator respectively, and said means operative to vary the capacitance comprising means for rotating said rotor with respect to said stator.