Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-01

AaTlOuS VI ioNtAiNs
electric light was for, sha1
owed years ago by the celebrated Dt
Finsen. when ~ he actually cured
"h,pus." or tuberculosis OF the skin
with he blue and violet rays of the
sun or from powerful electric lights.
Sinca that time, science has made
enormous progress and many forms OF
disease are treated In the most up-to-
date hospitals by different co'ored
lights.
For example. Finsen's original cure
has been extended to the cure OF &c
.ema. ulcers and persistenk boils, as
well as all forms of tuberculosis OF
the skin. In all skin diseases where
there is intense itching exposure to
the violet and blue lights has succeed
ed in stopping the itching. In this
way great relief from a number OF
skin complaints can be given at once
TO a patient by the color bath.
Every patient may be treated b,
white. red or the blue night rays. or
even by combination OF colors. &C
cording TO the effect required. II Is
claimed now that at comparatively
small expense electric color baths.
combining electrical and heat baths.
with the marvellous color baths can be
taken at home wherever the house is
lighted by electricity.
With the widespread use of cleo
tricity in homes of all kinds it Is evi
dent that these color baths can be had
chraply by a large and growing sec
ton of the population. Several dit
ferent colored electric light globes
will enable every bathroom 10 change
itself into a chamber fitted for the col
or baths An inexpensive apparatus
can be attached in any bathroom hSht-
cd by electricity that will enable sick
people TIC administer electric baths 10
themselves at a nominal cost.
The tonic effect of electrical baths
on the blood Is said 10 be enormous.
The chemical condition becomes far.
richer and anemic people or those
tired from overwork. especially men
tai work. heavy smokers or those I'M
dertoned by excessive excitement or
social duties, are wonderfully reinvig
GRATED.
The white electric bath is especially
good fer fatty degeneration of the
heart and for what is frequently call
ed tobacco heart The red rays OF
the solar spectrum are those with the
slowest vibration. or. so to speak, the
color rays thai beat the slowest- AS
a result they are very beneficial 10
nervous persons. These red waves
can penetrate deep into the blood
throughout the body in an astonishing
manner 9"
They bring about profuse perspir-
alton and aid digestion greatly, there
by increasing the nutrition of the
body. Above all they quiet the nerves
very much. Persistent headaches and
giddiness are aided greatly by the red
colored electric bath. Moreover. IL Is
claimed that stout people have mar
velous opportunity in these colored
electric baths. for they need no longer
starve themselves or submit TO being
tortured. Even the very parts OF the
body desired can be relieved OF the
excess fat; for II is only necessary to
keep uncovered the parts of the body
that are too fat The fat is said to
disappear from the sections exposed
to the electric color. while the re-
mainder Of the body remains unaf-
footed.
Surely. these are remarkable claims
that are now made for electric color
baths; but the scientists who made
these claims are among the best
known in the world. and the number
OF patients being treated are increas-
ing by the thousands every year.