Show Combating Disease and nd Decay With Rays of the tIle Sun SunT 71 1 T Toronto Tronto The day when man will fight and conquer organisms micro-organisms of disease and decay with the suns sun's rays or their made laboratory-made equivalent seems to be drawing drawing drawing draw draw- ing near Steps already taken in this direction were described deo described described de- de o scribed by A. A R. R Dennington of the Westinghouse Lamp company at the meeting here hereof of the Canadian section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Sunlight can kill organisms micro even when its violet ultra and nd infrared infrared infrared infra infra- red rays arc Ire filtered out Mr Dennington Den Den- explained The rays of shorter wavelengths from 2537 angstroms angstroms ang ang- stroms down arc are the most effective at germ i Such uch r rays ys harnessed in a lamp ft r which has hiis an In extremely thin Indrawn indrawn in in- drawn window or glass bubble are already being used Mr Denning ton said by physicians to destroy the germs of skin infections At Atthe Atthe Atthe the opposite extreme of ot medical use are the eight sterilizing lamps installed installed installed in in- stalled over the operating table at Duke university hospital to sterilize sterl- sterl lize air during surgical operations and thus prevent wound infections For keeping meat safe sale by preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting mold growth during the tenderizing storage period and for tor keeping mold out of bakery prod products products products there is the tubular lamp made of at special glass and resembling the thee blue neon sign Ign tube e |