Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 30 | Danger in Overdoing Ultraviolet Rays

ILY OVERDOING RA RAYS t I ULTRAVIOLET I FISHBEIN DR MORRIS By Journal of the American Editor Association and ct of Hygeia ny Hy Hy- Hy get geia gea Medical the Health Magazine IntroductIon Introduction Intro- Intro responds to th the Our public measure or activity activity ac- ac of any new dally daily life liCe with itt In Its enthusIasm which i of waves dous to consider scientific fact fall it was shown a a. few years i a-i ultra violet rays had th the ago specific that property of preventing specific to tobe tobo tobo child they began in the rickets for recommended as a panacea bo be of Disturbance to type almost every being may be e which the human hell heir Chronic rheumatism baldness pernicious anemia and of the diseases or only a few were for which they were sold conditions wIdespread this result of As Asa a method potent p of and as a a. result particularly particularly par par- overdosing reports have e of oe already already- become available of bad 1 ef effects effects of- of these the use of following wing lamps amps under conditions that are not controlled of or overdosing effect A com common restlessness loss of is s sleeplessness weight and nausea Scientific reports indicate that resistance to infections by bacteria bacteria bacteria bac bac- teria may maybe be lowered if it too large a surface of the body Is irradiated at one time after a The second or third day large arge overdose the skin becomes swollen and inflamed andin and lot hot hot red seem to be 00 se severely severely severely se- se in n some sonic cases may verely burned burPed Too Ion long repeated applications may result in ha n thickening of the skin sometimes severe overdosing is s associated with headaches and pains in the cy s s. s The eyes are arc es- es sensitive to ultra violet raj 1 protected by 1 and must be goggles during the treatment i people who are arc highly nervo and neurotic are more sensitive to the ra rays s than arc those apparently of more settled nervous system On the other hand it Is Is- report 4 that In many man cases Instability of t nervOus system may be the re reSult resul u of insufficient ultra violet In the presence of kidney di dl dif ease heart disease high fever i o periodic activity in women silt violet ra rays s must be used with grea caution It is an aphorism in med cine that every force which is p po potent tent for good may also do harm barns The superior council of ot pub hygiene in France rance in Ie view of th possible dangers from ultra viol viols rays recently issued the statement Given the serious ac i l. l dents which may result from tl th use of ot ultra violet apparatus han hail died by Incompetent persons It necessary in the interest of health to confine the use of ot th procedures to a hospital serf and to authorize their only by a specialist ph physician