The Dolores star., 1914-12-04
susL'onr AND rvssacvlos's


oUeeltoHr AND TUDGRculosio.
RelssrinE to certain worms and jel.
ly-ash which coataiu chlcrophyll. seek
saAlight and sfvs oa Oxygen IN the
lisA4 but soon die u kept u The
dayk Bungs writes: IL follows that
. coaplste entithssis between Inter.
change Of force aad matter IL animals
~ Dlants doss noe exist: and u win
- hoacsfosth imp0asibls 70 separate
The Psychological chsmistry Il the
vsgseabls from that Of the animal
wor1A The more our knowledge Of
each section Of science advances the
more the two becomes fused to-
gsther." There b fundamental law
that prevails throughout all depart.
meats Of nature that nothing can
come into being that Ii not demanded
BY tho conditions at the time. There
10. In other words, . reason for every
thing. and investigation to tho point
Of understanding Invariably proves
every phenomenon TO be very simple.
Ordinarily the sun IL looked on BY
the average Individual with interest
only when II II undergoing eclipse,
but the botanist who has reduced
plant culture to almost q science
knows that the sun II the most vital
factor In life. The botanist knows BY
experience that n his plants do not
receive SUFFICIENT sunlight they become
weakened and readily acquire all sorts
Of funsous diseases. There ID no mys-
tefy about II at all. Also he knows
that II the soil conditions are not nor
NAL sunlight alone win not protect
his plants from diseases. All the con-
ditions must b In harmony for nor.
NAL results.
Possibly taking the hint from the
botanist. Professor Poncet Of Lyons
the frst person systematically to en-
p1oy heliotherapy, . method Of treat
Ing surgical tuberculosis BY means Of
direct sunlight-began to use the d.
rect sun rays In the treatment Of
tubsrcular Joint Infections In 1891 and
not only used the method freely In his
personal practice. but Impressed the
value Of solar exposure upon all his
pupils. In 1899 the definite statement
was made that Professor Poncet BE-
lieved the beneficial effects from the
exposure Of tubercular infections to
solar rays extended not only to tuber.
cular bones. sangiia and the like. but
also to tubsrculosis Of the internal
organs. II 10 interesting here to note
that Ds. Alexis Carrel began his sur
gical studies - inferno under Professor
Poncst and u 10 not unreasonable TO
infer that the influence Of Professor
Poncet's Initiative may have spurre1
Doctor Carrel into original work
Doctor ROLLER. . Swiss phyaician Of
Leysin. became an ardent advocate
OF the treatment and secured marvel
Gus results from the use Of direct sun
rays On tubercular infections In 20
tients among the snow covered peaks
Of Switzerland.
Doctor Oslsnit Of Nice reports the
treatment useful In tuberculosis psri.
tonitis- Doctor Emmett Of Philadsl-
phia and Doctor snequire6 Of Moscow
report excellent results from sun rays
In acute muscular rheumatism. n
rect sunlight h declared to b bsns-
fetal n infected wounds. and Doctor
Aimss Of Montpelier reports that the
treatment hastens the formation Of
scar skin On burns. which usually heal
very slowly. Further conArmatioa Of
the results Of the treatment comes
from Doctor Bardenhauer Of Cologne.
Doctor Bardenhauer had long been .
champion Of the knife In external
Tuberculosis. and In 1911 he undsrtook
10 "control" Doctor Rollers expert.
meats 10 test their value TIE -
suits obtained were 20 satisfactesy
that 10 introduced the system of
hsliothsrspy into his hospital pras-
tice.
Doctor Hinsdaie. writing in the In
terstats Medical Journal. describes
the treatment - follow: The %
tient 10 clothed in linen or white Aan-
mel. according 10 the season; he wears
. white hat and % protected nom ~
rect sunlight % the face by . screen
and wears smoked or yellow glasses.
And nev comes the peculiar anA in-
terssting method Of the exposure. u
makes no diRsssacs where the Dis.
ease ID located. Whistler In the hip.
the spine or the esrvical glands. the
invarlehle rule 10 70 begin with the
feet TAs next day the legs will %
exposed: tho third day the thighs.
On the fourth day the abdomea h sx-
posed: ths Gfth the thorax. Finally
on the slxth % seventh day hs ex-
poses The nsck and bead with careful
supervision"
The treatment 10 reported 10 be
very effective IN tuberculsr hip. 3oint
and knee diseases, especially 10 the
latter. because In such cases nat only
IL tho infection destroyed and the
wound healed. but the Joint remains
. result always lacking
where surgical interference h resort.
"A "a. Alan a A reporte1 effective n