Every taxpayer is well aware of the vast size of our annual defense budget and most of our readers also realize that a large portion of these expenditures go for military electronics. We have noted how some electronic techniques, developed for the defense effort, have evenutally been used in commerce and industry. The host of novel applications of electronics to medical problems is far more thrilling because of their implication in matters concerning our health and vitality.

When we consider the electronic industry potential for human betterment, the prospect is staggering. The author has recently studied the field of medical electronics and has been convinced that, in this area alone, the application of electronic equipment has enormous possibilities. The benefits electronics can bring to bio-medicine may be greater by far than any previous medical discovery. We use the term ``bio-medicine'' because of the close interrelation between biology and medical research.

Electronics has been applied to medicine for many years in the form of such familiar equipment as the x-ray machine, the electrocardiograph, and the diathermy machine. Recently many doctors have installed ultrasonic vibration machines for deep massage of bruises, contusions, and simple bursitis.

Commonly used electronic devices which are found in practically every hospital are closed-circuit TV and audio systems for internal paging and instruction, along with radiation counters, timers, and similar devices.