The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
SUNLIGHT WILL HELP
CURE TUBERCULOSIS
DR.. Fishbein Describes Care Which Must Be
Taken In Exposing Patients To Direct
Rays From Sun

q village Of tie Swiss Alps The work
was conducted under the direction eG
Dr. 4 Reaaser- His xneeess has been
remarkable and medieval mem every
where have <arem ii interested and adj
miring atHemtS@m-
In a disxwsssam Of the smhjeet wrStten
especially for the Annerlcan Review OF
Tuberculosis DR. RsaH6er permits cut that
the smz-emre may be aPPRsea wherever
the sum Shines and that the high altl-
ruaae was ehssem IN tine SwSsx Alps to
secure ea7mmFRe essaAitloax smch THAT sum
baths might be taken AN the year
round, permitting uninterrupted treat
rnsnr ana maimfaamang the body Mt its
maximum vTtallty-
Researches csm&me1e2 by physicians
throaghpat the WORLD have shewn that
sunlight has very @efTmire powers nm
changing cumdiaSUmS within the body that
Us exposed to IT. The p&asVhates and
lime i'm the hR@o@ are kept at a high
lerea. pigment Is &eR@slte& nm the skim
and 1T many have important action I'm
buiRaing mp the body EessSaanees the
amount of red e@a@rin$ MATTER Inn the
blood seems 10 increase On exposure TIA
the sums rays
RoIlSer lays mmeh emphasis en- the
fumealoms of the SKIM i'm maintaining
the body fumrdi@ms at n PRWper ztnte-
He believes that the wearing Of umhy-
giemSc clothing has weakened and atFo-
Phiea the <kim- Cn&er the Influence Of
sunlight and Air 1T tends to recover the
funcGlOns that il has Bas4- Besides the
sum has n striking effect On the mind
and the character 0f the Pat6emtS. re-
storing their AsRe and e@eaUraSIng them
to Tight their disease
Ii must not be he2levea that Sunlisht
can be takea without any regulation
1t has been feWnA necessary to bay
down very definite rmHes as to the dos
age and The way In which the SUNLIGHT
Is administered :
A csm1znam mistake Is the hellef that
the SuR1Aath rs all the m@Ee effSeaeSauS
II it lasts for a AqlS time or If 1T Is
taken when the Sum rs hSdresa- 1t Is
necessary to eeSln by exposing only
the lUwers- less sensitive parts OF the
body This WITH xASw how we'll the
Pat1ent can stand the <mm-Aath- Then
hEs PrugresS mu<a BE guised by frequent
examinations adjusting the sum expo
sWre to tire ability Of the patient to re-
cuperate and take a&vanta$e ef IT.
During the wHzHm m@nthS of the
wear, k@Aaler advises that the SUM
bath he taken only early I'M the morn
ing The AIR and xHn-hnthS are grad
RaIly kmgThemea MS to the amaumr of
time and the amount Of body surface
that Us exposed The head rs KENT
covered with a Rlnem hat FTmaIly.
when the body h@e@1mes PiSgmemred- 1T N
possible TO stand several hours n day In
the sum-
Whem the SmMaEgha urentmemt is given
fer TlaerrmEa<SS- affersing RSnes and
POINTS, n IL necessary to pG0wTele sRe-
r1aa braces aud apparatus to- eoMtral
strains and reRaxati@mx and to R.ald the
parts lm saseA q MANNER as To prevent
coMtrar4Esn&
In several inSaiamESnmS i'm EngEand
the sunlight tHHaGDemu hzS been sItp-
Paememtea with @eempAtl@mzH tueatmenr
the patients are GIVEN certain work 10
de that TENDS To dexe8sp ahes- weakened
TISSUES and at the Same tIme To rive
them an EaaeEVsA I'm life which susfaIns
their courage
ROlaier speaks eerE S1RplF regard
ing the fuEwEe Of PATIENTS who have
had treAEDemt by tine SwnkSht method.
The best Way for all those who have
suffered frw@ SWHg6eaH tuberculosis to
maintain their cure he says. rs that
they Sho1AA he2ceSaEah Hive. rs nearly
as psssShae- under esmdTt6anS nearly an
preaching these that determined the
care To aUo6A a relapse an ex-patient
must neither take UP an unhealthy co
cuFIaGlsa NOR center an uusanfeaFy
lodging but rather cheese a trade or
Rrsfesssoa that Prs@ises reasonably
healthy cuzdaaS8ms of life ).
To aec0mRaaaa1e TumvalesRemt pa-
tSents from hES ee1omE I'm che Swiss
Alps he established u market =nrdeufns
and agricultural cs2omy-
WhiBe line treatwe1E has had mast
remarkable SUccesS I'M Tuberculosis sk-
fecaing BONES and 6s1mas- the results
have also heen henesSeSal I'm tuhereuls-
Sls ID the lungs or ,eNzssEmpd6sR- How
ever. the sUeaGRel1s af Sneh PATIENTS Is
more delicate matter, RzEientS with
high fewer or these seE6susay sick with
active tuberculosis, <A@WA not be ex-
posed tn the sum- II rs NECESSARY 10
graduate the dasage Of smnli=ht very
carefully aeG0EvaEng to the condition of
the patient
So convinced is DR. R@IHEer of the
value OF tine SuRRlghG method that he
has been establishing Its USE aEsD IN the
prevention of tuberculosis I'M the yaVung.
Many years ago a fnR81S German
physician showed that practically every
child has had and recovered from Tusee-
tsOn with tuberculosis by the time in
reaches the age Of IL years Expos
ure to the sum and the air makes the
child capable Of withSszMdSEg Rekter the
attacks ID the Emhezcu1Nsas germ
In 1910 a srAs0l in tn SIM. was es-
tahlisa..l at CszannE n. L..sn... AZ