ULTRA-VIOLET ENERGY, ITS EFFECT AND INTENSITY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND ALTITUDES
Authors: Meldrum K. Wylder, Robert S. Rockwood, Samuel Budd Lippincott
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 November 1933ULTRA-VIOLET ENERGY, ITS EFFECT AND INTENSITY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND ALTITUDESMELDRUM K. WYLDER, F.A.C.P., ROBERT S. ROCKWOOD, B.S., M.S., PH.D., SAMUEL BUDD LIPPINCOTT, A.B., M.S.MELDRUM K. WYLDER, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT S. ROCKWOOD, B.S., M.S., PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL BUDD LIPPINCOTT, A.B., M.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-5-605 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWith direct proof that rickets occurs in the inverse proportion to the amount of ultra-violet energy reaching the child's body, together with the understanding of the fact that these short waves produce their effect by the activation of ergosterol, we may activate the ergosterol in our patient's body or we may activate the ergosterol itself and feed it to the patient. These established facts furnish a foundation for much valuable study.The work of Hess, Brown, Howland, and Marriott and many others has put severe rickets, the rickets as described by the older authors, almost out of the picture, or...Bibliography1. 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