Show atins rays cure rickets it is not necessary to got get a suntan from long exposure to ultraviolet rays to cure or prevent rickets e is according to dr lewis R koller of the general electric research laboratory rickets can be prevented and cured by repeated doses ol of ultraviolet too small to produce any tanning ultraviolet does not penetrate very tar far into the body tissue it is practically all absorbed in the first mili millimeter meter ot of skin 1 treatment by ultraviolet lamps gives the same benefits |