Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-31
RED CURTAIN TREATMENT
De;ir finsen he Disc~err Of a Cure Tor
Smallpox
win Explain II 20 the scientific
world at the Paris Exposition
In 1900.
shlt Lake CITY. May %.

SHIT Lake city. May -.
To the Editor.
II IL an everyday occurrence. that we
physicians are Informed by our patients
that the famous professor so and go
has made remarkable discovery and
IL now able to cure such and such n
disease. then we moiestly have TO ad-
nit that We have not heard Of his dis
covcry and are not even aware OF hav-
ing seen or heard the professors name
before. The patient looks nj Us with
great plly and feels real sorry that we
are not up TO date. Maybe this article
Of mine will be used In similar way.
but the doctor. whose work | am going
to give brief description Of. IN really
no man with newspaper fame; he IL
known inside a small circle ~ friends
az an ORIGINAL man and was mentioned
In the spring Of 1884, ain over Europe as
the inventor Of the red curtain"
Ills name ~ Dr. finHon. ana his homo
for his work IL In copcnhagvn. In fact
the rcd curtain" treatment FOR small
p0N has been known Tor centuries, but
the explanation of the effect II due to
Finren. lie proved that the ruppura-
ton In the smallpox pustcls were due
TO the chemical tthe ultraviolet and
Violet rays IN the aunspectfc. and "
all ilHht from the sun and lamps had to
pass through q red medium the chemi-
cal rays would be absorbed.
! happened 10 be "a practitioner under
q smallpox epidemic IN ispi ana u
proved true. that " We got q patient I'M
der our treatment with red nrht before
nuppurntiun was started. this would not
come NJ all and consequently the pa.
tent DID not g.t mgked with scar for
the rrat OF his lie. In eases where
fuppuraiion already IN started the rcd
iifht viii make II miidcr and check the
disease,
After success with his first expert.
mont finHen concluded TO study the
effects of the sunlight mothodicaily. ana
he has now succeeded after four years
~ hard and conscientious work on hiA
llrht station las he calls ~ TO got sup
port from the government and space
on the Paris exposition In 1900. where
he Will have chance 10 show the
scientific world the result ~ his latest
Investigations. II has for long time
been suspected that the sunlight had a
disastrous eject on the microbes. IL has
been proved that the most trndcr hui
man hclnr-thc hnhy-could better
rpnrr good food. than good sunlight
ana fresh air. but how TO administer
the sunlight intencly enouRht 10 get an
effect. has Leon the prohl0m-thc In
tense heat made II impossible.
when We look Mt the sunlight o. II
presents itself 90 uH after passing
through n pfirmatic glass. We viii lind
the heating rays In the upper part In
tho intrarcd and rcd rays. the chemical
nays IN the lowest IN the violet a ultra
violet rays, The ultru-rcd or violet
rays are invisible but can BE- proved
by their ihcrfnicai or chemical effect.
FinHcn succeeded by letting the SUM
liTht pass through different mediums 10
set the thcrnical rays eliminated or
absorbed and was then able 10 expert
fnent with the concentrated sunlight
without having the heating eject His
first experiments were on skin diseases
special Lupus. that means tubcrcu-
loHlH uf the skin. and were crowned with
success. but he ~ not n man who gives
anything unfinished from his hand, and
FIRST Ia 1900 the world at large will see
the result Of hia thorouFhiy scientific
aud mcthodcal Investigations.
N his ideas are Transferred 10 the Of
feet Of electric iight when. iheru IL no
limit Of the Intensity. there may be-
opened up a new era FOR the medical
science TO the bcncflt Of suffering hu.
q. y. KJAERHYE. A. NJ, MD.