THE KING'S ILLNESS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16869, 5 February 1929, Page 7

THE KING'S ILLNESS

REMOVAL TO BOGNOR AMBULANCE CAR TESTED (Elec. Tel. Copyright -United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.tf. Press Association.[Received Feb. 5. 11 a.m.) LONDON. Feb. 4. An ambulance car designed to trims port. His Majesty to Rognor, resembling an ordinary closed ear, appeared in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace to day. Nurses tested the stretcher arrangements for a patien. .is weak as the King. The. trial crew lepresenting those who will travel with the King then boarded the car, which set nut fin Bognor. A final decision as to whether the car will be used, or the railway, will not be reached utiiil after the trial run. A bulletin issued this morning states that His Majesty 'ontinues to gain strength slowly.' He was a'ble to sit up on Saturday and Sunday for a short period. The...o_uestion of ray therapy has been further considered. The period of administration of ultra-violet rays lias terminated, and it- will now be possible to supplement it by the addition of luminous rays. The bulletin was signed by Dr. Woods, Sir Stanley Hewett, Sir Hugh Rigby, and Lord Dawson. '• (British • Official Wireless.)

Dr. Howitt and 'Dr. Woods are the two ray the-apy experts who were called into consultation on December 15, and who have since administered treatment. It is emphasised by medical authority that luminous rays represent the rays of the sun, being science's nearest approach to manufactured sunshine. Ultra-violet rays are not luminous, except under special conditions and fhrou.di special instruments. Luminous rays lie between violet and red rays. To produce luminous rays certain elements are placed in the core of a carbon. These elements include iron, phosphorous, and calcium, and they and the carbon are lighted by electricity and give off the ravs. The patient can only absorb a certain quantitv of ultra-violet rays, and apparently that mark has been reached in the case of the King.