. Rational therapy . may be used instead ofsunlight. This is of great importance in climates where sunshinecannot be had every day. The partial sun bath has been used with advantage intuberculosis, peritonitis with ascites, in joint affections, in lupus,in lymphangitis of tuberculous character, in epithelioma, invarious affections of the sicin and in tuberculous laryngitis, bySorgo. He uses a common mirror with which to reflect the raysinto the throat upon a laryngoscope, handled by the patient him-self and claims that the method is easily learned and that it givesexcellent results. His statem
. Rational therapy . may be used instead ofsunlight. This is of great importance in climates where sunshinecannot be had every day. The partial sun bath has been used with advantage intuberculosis, peritonitis with ascites, in joint affections, in lupus,in lymphangitis of tuberculous character, in epithelioma, invarious affections of the sicin and in tuberculous laryngitis, bySorgo. He uses a common mirror with which to reflect the raysinto the throat upon a laryngoscope, handled by the patient him-self and claims that the method is easily learned and that it givesexcellent results. His statement has been confirmed by a num-ber of observers. Old wounds, ulcers and septic infections healon exposure to the light. The yellow and the red rays penetratethe tissues. The ultraviolet rays act as a bactericidal on thesurface. 22 RATIONAL THE;rAPY. Certain rays of the spectrum are used in the treatment oflupus, the rays are separated and freed from heat by passing- thelight through a system of water filled Fig. 2. Th. Brink of Esbgerg, Denmark, believes that the benefitconsumptives derive from the open air treatment, is largely dueto the saturation of the atmospheric air with ultraviolet raysinhaled by the patients. He uses a quartz mercury lamp, which emits ultraviolet raysin great multitudes, down to i8o of undulation; a box,made of sheet iron, 50 C. M. square, 20 C. M. high, with a shtat the bottom for the entrance of fresh air. In each of the fourcorners is made a jutty 10 C. M. long, 8 C. M. high and wide, FRESH AIR. 23 atul perpendicularly on one side of the longitudinal sides of thesejutties a tinned brass pipe can be stuck of 2 C. M. lumen and 20C. M. long, so that each patient can have his own pipe. The lampis placed in the middle of the box on a level with the bottom of thejutties, so that these can be constantly filled with rays. The posi-tion of the inhalation pipe, as it has been described, is owing tothe circumstance that the patients would not be
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