Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1920 — SUN’S RAYS FOUND HELPFUL [ARTICLE]

SUN’S RAYS FOUND HELPFUL

Beneficial In the Treatment of Tuberculosis and of Great Value In. Other Diseases. The simplest treatment for tuberculosis, which is nothing more than exposure to the rays of the sun in the open air, which has been practiced successfully in Switzerland for many years, has recently received an impetus in this country by the suggestion of Dr. Guy Hinsdale, caUifig attention to the great value of this treatment and urging the establishment of a sanatorium in southern' California, Colorado or New Mexico where the greatest amount of sunshine is to be found. Some seashore locations are almost, if not quite, as suitable as far as the amount of sunshine is concerned, but there are some other favorable features in the southern and western locations. Sunlight has been found to be one of the best cures for torpid wounds, gangrene, frostbite and other similar lesions. It is not the hegt in the rays that is beneficial, but the bine and violet rays, and they are' strongly bactericidal. But the sunlight is not merely bactericidal; it is a powerful stimulant to every , act of animal life, particularly the oxidation which gives the blood its power to eliminate disease.