Eureka Reporter | 1902-11-14 | Page 3 | Light as a Healing Agent

light as a healing agent in view of the growing importance of the application ot of light as a heal ing principle in medical science the medical congress which recently con at Whis wiesbaden baiden invited prof blo die of copenhagen to read a paper on the subject the lecturer explained the principle of employing light for heal ing purposes after excluding its chem leal effects the results obtained by this method in cases of smallpox according to the lecturer are such that the question Is raised whether the light treatment shall not be made compulsory prof ble approves the apparatus invented by dr finsen 0 of copenhagen with which the latter has achieved such remarkable success in cases of lupus but urges that no one but qualified doctors should be beal allowe lowel I 1 to apply the light treatment as dis tur bances are apt to occur which ren der it necessary to break it off oft suj sud denly