Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-30
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RADIANT ENERGY AND DISEASE
By ALBERT S. CRAY, M. d.

OF some malignant power which takes
possession of us by capture and car
be overcome only by the introduction
Into our bodies of the appropriate an
tagonist In quantity sufficient to neu
tralize and beat down the unhealthful
conditions Every discovery seems tc
prove that the truth Is always simple
but because our powers of observation
are poorly trained and our knowledge
of the universe is very slight we &c
laundering along, ever seeking some
miracle for the relief of our ills, blind
to the fact that health Is simply mat
ter of being in accord with the balance
of the universe. The truth of this IL
proved by the fact that In the fina
analysis all our diseases are found tt
originate In some deficiency, because
we ignore some simple natural re
quirement which breaks the norma
continuity of the vital chain binding
every living unit into nicely balanced
reciprocating machine.
The scientific world has come tt
believe that the primary sources OF
natural energy by virtue of which the
universe keeps going over immense
periods of time are to be found not IL
the great masses of glowing matter
dotting the heavens, nor In any of the
relations between energy and matter
in bulk, but in the reactions between
the individual atoms out of which
bulk is made up" Just so, too, GU,
health, happiness and efficiency are
the direct products of the natural OPP
Grafton Of the individual cells of which
which disturbs the natural relations
between these minute individuals /,
certain to result in some form Of vari
alton which we usually call i'll health
We have noted that variations II
plant growth take place under differ
ent colored lights because plants have
the inherited capacity to develop nor
mally only under white light. But
there has been very little research
work done along these lines for the
purpose of determining why these
variations occur Probably the mos
significant facts in this connection are
to be found in the discoveries of DR.
J. r. Green, who in 1897 showed thai
light had an appreciable effect on the
formation and action of the engines
in plants and that the red and blue
rays favored the formation of the
engines, while the green, the indigo
and the violet, and especially the ultra
violet, rays destroyed them. He also
made the striking suggestion that
vegetable structures have power Of
absorbing radiant energy which is moi
connected with the presence and activ
ity Of chlorophyll."
The very recent discoveries of Nine
Henri and others as to the effects Of
light rays on micro-organisms are
steps along this line which promise
much relief to suffering humanity BY
emphasizing the effects on light rays
on life In general.
We know tuberculosis to be essenti
ally deficiency disease, the ultimate
result Of insufficient food and air and
light. The only known successful
method of controlling the disease con
sists in supplying the missing factors
by simple substantial diet and livine
out of doors. Prevention, not cure, Il
the modern weapon against thii
scourge, and prevention consists II
sufficient food, air and light.
If all living things are subject to the
same laws then it would be reasonable
to infer that Doctor Green's hint thai
vegetable structures have a power o.
absorbing radiant energy which is MOI
connected with the presence nd activ
lty of chlorophyll" may have 4 parable
In the human body. and perhaps we
too, may have power of absorbing
radiant energy not connected with the
presence and activity of hemolglobin
bur oxygen carrying substance anal
BOGUS 70 chlorophyll in the plant.
A method of treatment by means o.
prolonged exposure of the naked body
to solar rays has been found particu
larly helpful for tuberculosis of the
bones, joints and ganglia The new
treatment is called heliotherapy anc
has been found not only particular,
helpful In tubercular diseases, but hai
also met with marked success in Other
diseases.
In a general sense the healing vir
tues of sunlight have been recognized
from the dawn of human history ane
are embodied in thousand myths ant
Legends, but the facts have been stead
lastly ignored, while the whole worlt
has sought for the fountain of youth
1t has remained for our own genera
ton to discover that direct sunlight il
not merely beneficial in stimulatins
the general health and raising the
tone OF mind and body. but that, as
we shall later see, 1t possesses q
therapeutic value in certain ailments
which borders on the marvellous and
forces us more and more to recognize
that disease is the result of social and
economic conditions.