The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-07
MAnNnLor. ornE. nr LIamr.
Wonders wrought in a London Hos
pitnI tnder Patronage OF the Prin-
cess 81 Mates

bithi : hhrf fhtf"hhGe OF IN" fftn-
cess 81 MATES.
From the London Mall
AZ ihe London Hospital Boz Whroohaaei
marvellous cures lre being Effected by th
electric light il De- quite three years
SINCE the discovery whs made by Cos
p.uhas.u doctor Chat both sunlight aud
as.uc light can cure certain diseases
when 40 other remcIiof fail And carly
900 the GUNNER of ihis year tnc Princess Of
wales induced the authorities 81 the
London Hospital 90 try ho cure Her
Royal Highnes presented them with the
necessary apparatus. OF which the total
cost vas too
The method BE- q curious. though simple.
ono Do ans ono ylsitt the London Hos
pital between ? and . m. on any day %
tAc week Doe will ind. in q bright. cheer
u room fet apart tor the purpose.
number OF patients siturF on rocking
chairs in circle round Tho room. Hang
iue from the ceilns in the center l. a
very powerful electric lamp And around
Do are arranged several telescopes, which
concentrate the light on o.. patients
Beside each patient is nurse who
presses "a small glass lena on the spot Of
skin under treatment
To understand 81 al sc must 80 back 70
tho first experiment
As every one knows. while light-the
HIGHT of the SUM- electric light etc.--loa-
sists Of = combination OF all the coiors o.
the rainbow. Al one side Of the rainbow
are the red aud yellow rays. a. the other
side the violet and blue. The rod and
yellow rays are carriers Of heat, the blue
and violet are called chemical rays. That
is 10 say. they are almlst without heat.
but they cause chemical action.
For instance 70 you mix the two gases
hydrogen and chlorine 10 q thin bulb u
GLASS and then focus the red rays % hRnt
on u nothing happens. But 70 you focus
The violet rays there is on immediate ca
plosion The Photographer has reason 20
understand this when q piece Of photo
graphic paper S. exposed 90 tho iight Il
chickens But 81 q ruby lamp e. used
no darkenlng OF the paper foilows-the
red glass not allowing he violet chcmlc Al
rays % come through.
Nua. som, .m, alo a doctor put piece
OF photaeIaphlc paper uudcf inc SKIN 81
"a dos aud focused Che violet rays II sun
Ieut ON 90 BE put aDother piece Boz an
other doe ana Kept him 600 dark room
The result WaH that tnr nfst piece ~ pa
par was aiackcucd ans Ne second un-
nnscted This seems useless cor. - eN-
porIment. bus IL was the first step Ia the
great discovery. il proved that the chem
lclI rays % light can pass through the
skin
A. tho same time attention was directed
To- Tire curious fact that mountain climb
er, suffer badly from sunhurn when pass
lnc ote. field of snow. with tho TIER
rnonieIer below zero To ciuc.da this
matter the following experiment whs
made Sunlight was concentrated on the
faces az two men. red g.aHf being inter
posed iu one case ana blue glass ln the
other The red slasr allowed ail the heat
OF the sun To- pass through but kept of
me violet chemical raAF The blue glass
90 mo chemical rays through. bat Kept
our tho warm rcd light After the .x-
pertinent ~ was found that the man whose
face wa- nearly roasted by the fod light
canoe out 81 she ordeal without trace
%. srubufn. bat the man ON whom the
coll chemical rays fcii WAS badly sun
burned Therefore. the do-tor concluded
tnat tho chemical rays were very irrifaf-
ing Go the skin.
II the chemical rays Do thls % q man's
skin. lie thought 90 doubt they viii have
q deurCctive effect on microbes
Further experiment showed thar bright
suns hine killed the strongest of microbes
the bacillus prodigiosus-in one hour and
% hall powerful electric light killed
them Boz nIue hours But by excluding the
red heat rays ana concentrating ne VIC
let chr mlenl rays. 90 was found that neat
IS au microbes were killed in a few sec
ouds
Putting al these facts together % was
now known that the concentrated light Of
the sun or electric arc would kill mi
crohef on the skin. in tho substance Of
the skin and even under the skin. IN MI
probability therefore. any skin disease
due 60 microbes could he cured hy light
Now. there iE one such disease, terrible
infection. switch was the despair OF the
doctors That Is lupus. 70 nret cousin Of
consumption. which attacks and deforms
the face.
In the Hight cure tho doctors have now a
perfect remedy II is painless but 81 has
the drawbacks 81 being very slow. often
tsklne months Of daily treatment
IL Il carried out as followF. when the
weather s. fine and br.ehi The patients ST
In the open air. and the light of the sun
u used when the weather is dark fhe
| eiecft. light Is used o. course the latter
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