The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-04
|. EE:.Ll..E|:.C [! j LIGH ! BATH.
Ihe. Latest and Most Novel Application Of
the Artificial IIIumInant.
IT THE PLACE OF THE SUN
Science Discovers u n CIV ANA Hen, th.
it'i Use for tho syhitc I.isht-Isnys
ireni an Electric l.aml, Penetrate
tho pfunlnn BODY Far MoreThan
Hest in tho Electric Cabinet.
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a new and rema rkablc field has been
opened to electricity as an illl,n,inant
science has discovered that an electric
iiS'ht bath is one OF the most healthful
things IN which humanity can Indulge
me man who has made this idea q prac-
tlcal success is Dr. u. H. Kellogg. OF.
Battle Creek, Mich. More than one per-
son lives to-day who in great measure
owe their continued existence 10 the vir
Tue OF bathing i'll the glare Of the cleo
trio light.
Inc idea has been kept largely in
apcyance until just now, when 1t has
oeen placed before the public, and II is
saie 10 say that no medical and scien-
pic discovery has created a. greater
sensation In years than this one lust
Announces regarding electric light
Radiant heat has long been employed
DN doctors in the form Of the sun, but
It has been found that the rays from an
incandcscent lamp have far greater
penetrative power than those which
come from the sun itself
The great trouble with the sun hath
mas been its constant. var.a bily The
patient who sought this as a remedy FOL,
ms Ills was compelled to trust 10 Provi-
dence day by day. y one time the heat
would ne fierce. at anot Their so gentle as
to be hardly ctllcacious. Again, it was
quite likely there would be no sun at al
me ELECTRIC light can he utilized with
the same force every day OF the year.
It's strength is MT attendant in the leas.
tuPon the elements. but. on the contrary
Is under the control of the physician al
all times. The result is a stea dincss and
uniformity Of treatment which have ac-
complished wonders.
TO thoroughly appreciate electricity,
one must consider it's component parts
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benefits us. but it is the properties o.
that light which comes from sources 50
ancient as to have been forgotten The
sunlight makes the plants grow. 1t
makes trees grow. 1t aids all vegetation
In development, and in doing this inn
parts It's own properties that are highly
beneficial to the very things that 1t aids.
Plr9cularly is this SO in tropical coun-
tries. but it Is always SO wherever there
are vegetation and trees.
Now. when in the course Of ages the
vcEeta ton buried deep beneath the sur
face of the earth becomes by the pro !.
ceSsus of time. slowly cryStallzcd into
coal. it still contains Those same proper
ties which the sun imphrteu To it CEN
turtles before. Therefore. when by
means Of coal we produce the power that
enables the dynamo to furnish the cleo
;rc wight, we are really bringing back
10 earth again the rcSuscitatcd sun
.!S.ht nf n!den times. SO 1t can be seen
! that the electric light Is nothing more
nor less than condensed sunlight which
SEre-. al our bidding.
Taking THIS as :, basis, medical science
has evolved the present situation. and
:hc result is what is called the horizon
bal cabinet. In this the patient takes his
electric bath. Tho cabinet is seven feet
in length, five feet high and four feet
wide. The patient lies in the cabinet
upon a couch which rests on rollers. In
hi. a
entirely Within the cahine, or only 4
sufficient distance to expose such por
tons of the body as it is desired to battle
in electric light, or. as the doctor puts
1t. to bring under the influence OF rad
liant light and heat
IN THE ELECTRIC CABINET.
The interior Of this cabinet is illumi-
mated by siNty-1wO incandcscent electric
lights, arranged in rows. Here IS one
Of the most ingenious features Of the
whole affair, for between these parallel
rows OF lights tile space is filled with
mirrors. and in this manner the number
of lights is infinitely multiplied by re-
Election. The refracted rays from the
glass have an effect that cannot be
riShtfully left unconSidcred. = rhcostat
| or switches, IS placed upon the cabinet.
enabling the number of lights to be
regulated as the operator may desire.
The lamps are Of sixteen candle power
each. Let the reader who wishes to
Judge what the combined iolsce of the
siNty-two lamps is, place his hand with
in q quarter Of an inch of a sixteen
candle power incandeScent electric light
globe. Multiply the amount OF heat
felt in the palm Of the hand by sixty
two, and there you have the tempera-
turc and the powerful light that beams
upon one when placed in the cabinet to
take an electric light bath.
is Of bn n
to graduate the influence of this light
and the effect thereof over the entire
surface OF the body exposed. There
fore it must not be considered that it
is al! concentrated in one place. AS a
matter OF fact, the influence OF the
light can be confined to one place. the
feet and legs. or any portion Of the
body. up to the neck. The only pro
lection that is necessary is to place Il
piece or sheet of macintosh over such
part Of the body as 1t is desired to cX-
clude from the action Of the bath In
this way, 1t may he readily seen that
he bath may be applied to any section
Of the body desired
PENETRATION OF LIGHT RAYS.
In considering this fact of electric
light bathing and all its ramifIcat ions,
one cannot help viewing with interest
the strange truths that make them
selves apparent. Bodies almost wholly
Opaque or impervious to light. will ye,
transmit the heat rays to n remarkable
degree When the body is exposed IL
the rays OF light from 4 highly mean,
descent source, the penetration by the
heat rays is tremendously greater than
by the rays OF light. AS 4 matter of
fact. he heat from the electric light
penctrate:s the body just as 1t would
penetrate any other transparent or
semf-transparent medium
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