The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-01
MORGAN HOPES
TO Be CURED
To Take Prof. FinSen'S Treat
ment for Facial Affection.
MAGNIFYING GLASS NEED D
Strapped 10 Strsichsr and Powerful Elac-
trIc Rays VIII Ba Turned ca 0ay
Two Feat Away.
MAGaIFYING GLASS NEED D

New York. July 1.-The news from Lon
don that j. Pierpont Morgan has decided
TO submit himself to Prof. Finsen's cleo
trio light cure for a facial affection has
revived interest In system of electric
phototherapy which was first announced
to the public two and n half years ago. A
prize OF $4,000. under the will of Alfred
Nobel. was awarded to Prof Finsen last
August for this discovery In the advance
ment OF medical science.
Prof. Niels Finsen. OF Copenhagen. is
a tall. slender. delicate young man who
has devoted all his time since graduation
as n physician TO the study OF photother-
that intense light properly applied Will
cure FL germ diseases.
Laurits s. Swenson. United States min
lister TO Denmark, reported in December.
1899. that Dr Finsen's discoveries had "ex-
cited great interest among physicians and
scientists everywhere. and are of great
scientific value. The Investigations of Or.
Finsen are now carried on under the
most favorable conditions. receiving rec
oCnition from the most eminent physi-
clans, including the professors OF the
University OF Copenhagen In pathological
anatomy and common pathology, and tho
superintendents OF the leading hospitals
In Copenhagen, and are supported by
state and municipal aid in the way OF ap-
propriations'
The diseases said TO be cured by DR..
Finsen are tuberculosis, small pox. ecze-
ma and lupus.
TUBERCULOSIS AND CANCER.
After infinite labor and many discour-
agements, DR.. Finsen succeeded in estab
fishing in the outskirts Of Copenhagen
an institute for the cure of tuberculosis
meaning. OF course. pneumonia and con-
sumption and also cancer. II Is describ-
cd as long. low. gray building. includ-
ing a grand hall. airy. well ventilated and
entirely free OF any household furniture.
large stand is covered with strange
looking glasses, carefully assorted and
hidden under soft cloth. They look like
magnifying glasses, said man who saw
the process. There are four great elec-
trio arc lights. surrounded by curtain
OF that particular red cloth which deads
light-rays more than all other colors.
A magnifying glass IL attached closely
to the face OF the patient, who lies inn
movable on a stretcher. or long, broad,
padded board. There are four Of these
stretchers, one for the patient beneath
each instrument. Those tubes which look
ed like great telescopes are beautifully
constructed rehectors, which Intensity
the great light developed In the electric
arc above escrcened by the red cloth.
A nurse attends each of the reclining
patients. Each is protected from the blind
ing glare OF the concentrated light by
pair OF large dust-colored spectacles.
Each reflector concentrates upon the
skin Of the patient the light-rays from
an illuminating powe- of 10000 candles
only two feet away. The heat thus devel-
oped is prodigious. But upon taking re-
fiector apart one sees that IL consists OF
two cylinders fitting like parts OF tele-
scope. and each containing two piano.
convex lenses. The uppere ones, turned
toward the source OF light, cause the
divergent rays OF the arc light to be-
come parallel
Distilled water plays the all-important
part OF absorbing the heat rarys of the
powerful light
TREATMENT IS VERY SLOW.
At the end of the apparatus Is attach
ed n very fiat cylinder. closed at Its two
extremities by fiat glass and filed with
copper.
About one square inch of skin is treat
ed for one hour each day II the tract in
volved is very large, the patient may have
10 remain under treatment for year.
DIR. Finscn has declared that out of 500
cases that have passed through his hands
nearly all have been cured. out OF ACE
cases of lupus, perhaps the most danger
GUS and difficult disease with which doc
tors have to deal DIR. Flnsen accomplish
cd 81 cures and out of the entire num-
Der only four proved entirely refractory.