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Show " 1 CLAIMS WHITE CLOTHES . ' ' . BENEFIT CX)NSiraiPTTVTS , ' i " LONDON, 'March' S.-A' Mw consumption eur. Is foreshadowed. -It Is a treatment bund upon the 00 lor of the clothing . worn, bjr suf-twrera suf-twrera - ; . Dr. Mangat conUrtls that light has a favor-abl. favor-abl. ' efTeet on auiTerws from ' this dlMue, probably due to th. bactariclUal action of the rara Dr. Magnat therefor.' Infws that the clothing of consumptives should b. of such a naturn as to allow the light to reach the body with th. leaHt amount of Interference. Whit, material, he has found,, allows - th. iargaat number of raya to paa. and. therefor., h. ' declare, that ' consumptives ' ahould .cloth. Ihemaelvea In snowy garmenta, either of llnrn, velvet, cotton or cloth, but . not white silk. After whltA blu. and violet are to-be reoom-mrnded. reoom-mrnded. ' but th.M colors do not anawer tn. purpoe. as white, as . they Interrupt all th. rays of the spectrum save them. cori-Mpondlng to th.lr own tints. " Materials of black, red,' yellow or green are put absolutely out of court - aa - they prevent tha paMSg. of any bactericidal rays. . |