The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
Suns Rays Do Scalpels
Work in Switzerland
MANY CHILDREN SAVED


BY exposing children without
clothes to the suns rays in midWln-
ter at an altitude Of 1000 feet many
remarkable cures Of surgical tuber-
culosis have been obtained in the
mountainS at Leysin, switzerland It
is a new method of treatment adopted
by Or. Roller. and Gertrude Austin,
formerly Of the Children's Hospital,
London, who made q trip to Leysin,
describes in the Medical Record what
has been accomplished.
She pictures the mountains on a
cloudless January morning covered
with spotless, sparkling snow. Or.
Roller gave her every opportunity to
study his methods and patients, She
says:
My first visit to the children is a n
event that | am not likely to forget.
It was with no little difficulty that I
walked from my hOtei down the steep,
winding road hat leads to lie
Chalet as every one in LeySin calls
this diminutive hospital. The sun
had not yet appeared above the
mountain tops to soften the frozen
snow, and progression was difficult,
not to say dangerous. The clinic is
a picturesque, 800 construction, a
regular Swiss chalet, faces due south
and stand in a small garden. which
in summer time is no doubt green
and gay with flowers. but which on
this cold January morning was ar
peted like everything else with pure
white snow.
I had planned to arrive betimes,
for / wished to see the exodus of the
children from the wards to the al
lerieS. But as | stood upOn the door
step waiting for admission the sun
rose above the mountain tops, and al
ready there were sounds of merry
laughter in the frosty morning air.
Happy voices we're feting the bene-
ficcnt rays. whose healing powers
even the little ones appear to under
stand. They love this sunshine, which
gives them health and takes away
TO their pain. and it is they thmseIves
when able to do so, who the moment
the word is given push down the
bedclothes, and pull up and over their
heads the night-dress hat is obliga-
tor at other times.
When | was taken by the matron
out onto the first gallery my surprise
knew no pounds. Who would have
supposed that such dark skinned,
healthy looking little bodies could be
found in a hospital. and above all
who would have expected to see tiny
children on a winters day In Jan
uary basking in the sunshine as naked
AZ whom they were born, except for
the quaint little white calico hats
which make such a startling contrast
with their brown skin. Most of them
are in q reCumbent position. some
even lying face downward, which
does not seem to worry them at all.
the more fortunate ones are able to
sit up, roll about in bed and have a
good time while all are revelling in
their warm Sunbath.
A few are not yet fully exposed. il
Is true for they are newcomers anC
have not completed the necessar,
tralng which endOws them with thi.
extraordinary power of endurance
The latter have still the pale, weary
flHn0 yhynh nae we = .
easy TO see that their %sojourn at Ley
SIN has been but a short one.
Have Morning Lessons.
n children-those who are wei
e~nough-have morning lessons, as tn,
doctor believes mental alb
s~olutely necessary. It is a privileg,
TO take part in these, as it mean.
convalescenCe has begun. At tn
mead or the beds stands the teacher
as there 1t is impossible for the sha
dow of her body to interfere with tn
action OF the suns rays.
II think I can safely saw" tn
writer says. that few people hay
seen classes Of sick children dom
their lessons perfectly naked in mid
winter out Of doors, all CAV and ham
and looking far stronger and healthie
than many children who have no all
mentS whatever" The children playe
withe toys strewn on their beds Will
they continued their studies. The
enjoyed seeing a visitor, asked ques
tions and listened to stories.
Surgical tuberculosis covers tn
forms that attack the joints an
bones. which when treated with tn
knife are likely to leave patien'
SCARED or crippled, with stiff join,
or shortened limbs. Sometimes an
putatiOn is necessary. When treate
by DR.. Rollers heliotherapy proce.
the suns rays do the work of TT
scalped and operations are unneces
sary. This is the description of tt
heliOtherapy process.
This new method consists in G.
posing the body of the patient to IL
suns rays in open galleries commu