Show Daily Health Service By Dy DR DU MORRIS FISHBEIN Many of us think that if jf a little of some ome healing method is good a great greot deal eal is even better But i if 11 on ony anyone one factor actor recently r developed has been abused aused by overuse i it is sunlight The first scientific uses of ot sunlight in n treatment began thousands of years ears ago That was long before the time of the development of ot the modem mod mod- em ern rn machines which provide artificial sunlight Since these machines came come in peole peo pea pie le expose themselves to ultraviolet ra rays ays without medical advice or supervision super super- vision ision and as a result cases begin to appear in the practice of physicians which prove that th these e excessive exposures exposures ex ex- are not without danger The people who live in the tropics usually are dark skinned This darkening dark dark- ning ening of the skin is natures nature's s way of oi protecting them against too much exposure ex ex- po ure to the suns sun's rays One of the dangers angers of too frequent and too much mud exposure to ultraviolet rays ras is possible possible pos pos- sible- sible stimulation to the growth oi of tumors Certain people are especially sEnsitive sensitive tive ve to the rays of the sun and respond re- re spond pond to the excess exposure by the bre out of blisters and severe inflammations The forms of skin disturbances fol tot lowing owing excessive exposure to the sun are re many Furthermore there are eruptions of the skin such as those of f psoriasis and the condition called which c certainly r. r are made worse by severe sun sun- bUrn Urn There also are some people who i respond to excessive sunburn with fever ever blisters on the lips a condition condi condi- t tion Ion commonly called herpes I Farmers especially those of advanced ad I years have noted the tendency tend tend- ency ncy for changes in the skin particularly par in th those c areas areu that arc are exposed ex ex- posed to the sunlight sunlight such such as the thc theace face ace and the backs of the hands You should remember that every useful weful method in m in medicine is dangerous dangerous danger- danger ous us when used to excess The short hort hortI I rays ays of Df the sun are potent for good but ut machines of high power never should hould be used unless under direction tion ion of If the octor end and tho those e of lesser leSer strength should be used for short periods of time only |