‘Ray Therapy’ - A group of children hold hands around a radiating glow of ultraviolet li
‘Ray Therapy’ - A group of children hold hands around a radiating glow of ultraviolet light at the Institute of Ray Therapy. March 07, 1930 - Institute for Ray Therapy, Camden. (Image: Hulton Archive, Fox Photos/Getty Images)Actinotherapy (treatment using ultraviolet and infrared light) was offered to convalescents who had become debilitated after illness or operation, workers deprived of sunlight in their work, those with wasted muscles due to fracture or accident, weakly children and those with rickets or bronchitis, patients with rheumatism or rheumatoid arthritis, or various forms of paralysis, and those with skin diseases, varicose ulcers, baldness, lumbago or sciatica. Patients required a letter of referral from their G.P. and were obliged to attend for treatment three times a week. They were not allowed to cease treatment until they were discharged. (Lost Hospitals of London)Ultraviolet light causes progressive damage to human skin and erythema even from small doses. This is mediated by genetic damage, collagen damage, as well as destruction of vitamin A and vitamin C in the skin and free radical generation. Ultraviolet light is also known to be a factor in formation of cataracts. Ultraviolet radiation exposure is strongly linked to incidence of skin cancer. (wikipedia) -- source link
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