Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1917 — Light Cures Disease. [ARTICLE]

Light Cures Disease.

When rays of light fall upon the skin of our bodies, which is translucent, the greater part of them are arrested, some by one layer of the skin, some by another, and still others are not stopped until they have penetrated the subcutaneous tissues. This arrest of the light rays produces radiant heat, which has a higher penetrating power than convection heat as generated by a hot water bag or poultice, for instance. Prof. E. C. Titus of England, in an address has stated that such heat penetrates two Inches or more, while convection heat is excited principally on the surface. This is why electric light baths and sun baths are so stimulating to the organs of elimination. ■*' i