THE FINSEN LIGHT CURE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7506, 13 September 1902, Page 2

THE FINSEN LIG HT CURE.

:_^ ittti^sri^a^ .'•'■' / (2f«iii Tor* Journal.) The light, cure for nervous strain aaid for such.. serious, matters aa lupus and tuberculosis, and also it is olaim^d for. banoef, originated by Profegsog— Fmsen, of rojap»9ha«^>, M y^^^iiFfS^M^ tlopj as,^ueen; W^W-**** aijan^d. for,, -its- introduction j^to liondm>.o Ij-Ajy-.^' _*••).'-. . -40J •*"/•>-',' -:;; .The spediajly": deigned bniHJuig ywm?&~ Professor Finsen has equipped in Copenhagen for the . operation of hia.syeten^.^ a veritable temple of .light. It i 5...» -2ong," ldw, .^grey .. figment strnoture witl^ a. : roof, that- is meanly of ; , glass— for sunlight, as w^eJL as that ,of electricity, is. utilised. : ; Jljut : .sunlight is a . ficWe ; .,fluanti'to' . m Denpu«4r *&<-£& '*?#» of^^Mwi^ . Prof^esfer -, Finsen } has. t suoC?ssf^ly fflu;t^edV:i.t J b3r Vi m,e#Qs .<^:l^MWy#e' eiectripr- arc Mg^^^V-c^trufP l^!- Xy,A* equal to 60,000 *. Vandles, and h'as> force of 170 volts. On entering this room one feeis that prickling sensation of the , which intense sunlight produces. *AKB BATHS IN BlXiffWS Of WHITS":. ■* liGH*. ."••*.* v ln brd^r that the glare should not be mjilnriUs to ; the eyes, the .walls of the room ar*e tinted a soft yellow. This is -the 'tr'eatoienfc' pvlm-to : ipatdents' irhose ! ! blood i« impovei^fflrt^'.cTlwß'pfart^t ataips to' the skiU> puts on ai broad grabs half *<* protect thßi;.head, y .sftdk. wanders abdu^) eve^y; i»ch,joj Ms^b^ jb»9 r )>Jn^ &P. l»fe.givmg^ay^ :Xyssr 1 XXtyium ?. vci ■■ 4-ThehUuo JasK'lbfth- professor «and hisi large staff of .as^tantslahd 'nursds, however, is the .treatfc<&t.ofc.cjmcexi lqpus,,»ndj other disfiguring ■ diseases. ••.: trBKorR-v '..ft*-! visitor .enters the building, he sees XfijtAbfrX ing. shout te gtcden n»A s andl wom^i^th istrange' bandftges^oy^ri tlif ir ;.faces. Within the institute the yis^ftr' & flVfirfet unspak-. ably saddened JajSi^fc a jgb^of many faces, distorted byy tfee ravjtgeji ©X lupus and .. cancer. . i: , : y.i /.•/ -4-i- : ;*&*:<&*'■ I X"■ / - Alm<^6 inme^ately»'^dw«veri imtk, obVswveaCthaiff the^genieralra^irit;^ theUhrojOg ■is tiuiie .the .feye^fie of gs&l. -, T%epirtieni» isjeiwlily .with.' vi#tors*V«nd jnVari-; ab)y express joy; .eye** the, progr«Stspth_y are -making towards i r recoy«-^ >rM*7. ;J»£ dag \ss&^ l f^. be^/ielimd of corrupting bacilli; inch by inch their. -.dis-V eased .bodies -y arer y;be^g a •norinat conditabnrT ••-*■,*. jl T ..;- ..' ■iJn the _a^i|r.;open^ing'v room' there are fogr gre^fe r^rf ~K ths " are-, gathfered ' into four tub w ;resemyp^. v .tja ..toi^s ui>f te^Bacope^ y^.A 'SCgeen^oJ^red, cloti, jsrurrgundiiig the inmier pre^ent|.the %ht espapiflgjexcept- thrdugfi tfie %nes. The- latter, ppint, downward, j tteir lraye^ ehd£ Mßg^*4^' W Pogrom '■■ the : swface .of ; -four : : operating- «*!<»...Kfnr- ; fSundmg £he inecnanisin, -j/^; 'hn -y v „ ;"■ ,tob .mack'sQVAsal Iwos^veOOO'CASsffiiii- ' *... . , ; .-yb ) *Sßf. V' - ': ; Thus it '<»ach b!'Tthfesi'"i6iir lipts it 6Ur |itiehts ieani he -it^fiei at i tjifeg." „Eajch tfib^-^otfttses -,a; iight' of V.s?trad^na^ brflli*^ utiSn X'-l s|uW inch Xoi Suif a^. ;* : , s vlMiS B^ht?' -'VffiSiWJ **iV ffie fie intenkiry*ibf 'gathered-b^ "^a^ b|raujig .glasfe^ "fet; it Jb*' i 'j^H6S'^V^pl/-3trw*r'psJ> heat, . simply the most pow^rfiu flight imagm^He^ ■'.'.. '■■■■7"'" t vA " A:'AAy:.. -. •:■ 'I,'h'e / contains j.4n. ; J%ei^o)is;vUHh tfianisnV: which concentrates the- light while ■ elrminiatiiigi istf : ;W3JhW*»"Mft two $$wfei&', 'X &tfagjji . together: -like .the parts '.of a telescopei^each containing two plaijo-conye* fensfs, ,The^jupsFer: ones, turned toward -the feource of ligKtj cause ths- d^^ r^*^' W *'- to becooifit. iparallel; Tha: :two lower Ifeiaar foctt_ the paxalM r*fsy:up^nvtl»'<t>bje<^.^e^^ this*) pjur oilonses is , of space - otQUprfei • b^ perfectly translucent distilled water; rwhidfi: absorbs all the Vheut *ays ■ without dimini&hipgr^the tays.'V ' - ■ ■'* ■ of ; tb&e'-tig'hbg is the eqtilValent.^ 20;tJOO-"can(tt<*y so" th-t^upbrr^. .'single .s*f_tfM* inch of the. patient',s body' is fbcUs36d,.?3ys of '(white J^ht of 'BQOO^ndlJs-power.'. l Tius his : %e«U 4rn^ed to .ife _U__cient to, reinbvb sm^'Btemishesofthe skinvifi two hours7f tisi&; <fthet 'ibi&st $. "tu-bferc\ira«is t tue cUre deiiianfls 'of J i' l^rgfe 4_ic|unt .. p? |ifersev§rk_:ce; O^y "<&&. of isupr race can; be .ti"eat£d,M C't^e, , ''^UdtWh'ere the djEease' is deeprsipated ."tMre. • JftUs^ be.inagy app'l^i'9^ ; '*fet.,'^fe^Ai>'^. fea^h t^uare inch. '* ' ' „u' ^ '■ A~A-' *' One patient r . ; whofe whole.: face was eaten by malignant ' tubSf fihloSis, has received daily trea^^ :, i^r : 'lSr' teiiud covering two &&!'_ half ■ yearfc BUSthS-improveifceht is SO marklsd-tlfat he^^Wiil ■_ tffiaan- ih the f iti_&tttto--a_&«het yettrr as^d oiWeb l^vi-fe behihdflM'lhe last %ieloe Of* disease Which hot ofcfy -Spfribly VdisflgUiied Mm> but threatened his life. - * '^B&EB* BfJ^". NOSES Jt^'pCED XtiCt,. , v *•*'• "' NOK___L SIZE. " .... J. „;•. .. ■ .Ojie ...-of'- the^ patients, .is - ,nnder f .tr^a|na.eht "|or'^gig»U'c' : '"^e^e'ji box ".nose,;yThe.<axciesq'ence,^, d-minishing^^a^--' Under ,;th# b^c^u^-dfes'trpying light ray.*."- .• * f y- . V1 ; ;^!<?felebr*ted actor is jieing^tEeStedr'ioi ■■; cancer of the lower ; eyelid-. JiJich- time be ; isy placed und&r the iight, akiif uJ. hiandt : . first qovsi* the .eyeball, with a, shieii 'pt'soi t \ iUdiftrubber,. which .opmpliitely. prjptectß that j organ from a.glafe'ftfci'ch woiyid- otherwilfc] destroy it. ". - ,; .- ..■ ■. .. ■■■ •;■ tv.J .■'■ '"' I > XiJShe operating rooms in Proftssor:Fin3en!_ j institute have a"twy.:cheesid atobospdieE-i *] rendered thfe/mhre sd;by -tife ptisence" of j neatly -attired, soft-voicedj yellow-hhiSed ■ young Danfi*fcwbiaeU'»^Triio-&efte'as^M — and better there are said to he ttowhefein tj}e^ world; A nubse-ii -a_ii^aed?. %6 veach ie • cloning* patientk.^HWith-:'deft .touohfflj she keeps the light rayi direc^d'^upon the exact spot needing treatment. Bhe sees' that the concave ; ;entt of the:: tu^e. Jifirinly afeainstrthe tissue in order to drive away the: bloiod from particular 6pot,ythfe presencb of blood neutralising the' efiecfßf the iays; •''■■ : ■"•" :'i ...:■- * • -'At the -etd'of ithe "scefie ch-iig-^ *-l_»e recumtfent'-fi^tfi^fii^',- ;fth.d the nurses hurry about, get'tibf *- the £§ : pminti reafl*^ 'fcHßhd HAaEp" lot l -of,^Wts. " ';' . ' Discts^_i&: iN_kDjCM's _^;_i-ii_.X. ; r J |iach ; patient Abmes, iihd&r, t^e. general sup-erv'fsi("t4 of^Pfof es^'r ' jTihseh.. *II£ •» .suQ. a yoiing mak, but iivith %l a'ce^6rn ferribty ■thM-byhard t^&*rk and'%VsW^lng r djirWig thei 'rears while his disoovMy'Was stiU ",unrecbghised. It is a'pathetio i^Ciiihs'tande in cohhectibn • With -ihi's* great slrVifcier ;. tb iiuniaiiity- that hts : dis'Cfivery.vS.nieMrf-'ih his owl case. Dropsy iaUd;heai^ have" fi'_att'ercd Ms coiistitltid&V" Be ' 's effiacifted'tb barely the shado# 'bf a-iUaii; neVerth^Uss, 1 he goes -About eftgefly imd brfekiy a_tt>ng his patifeats.' '"■__. : ■ "' PfofeS^6r Finseii ; claSl- that "Jlis : *"Bv& : i* tion antedates by a yeasr that bf Ptofefebr RohtceU, discoverer of the X ray.* He considers the appHcatiCn -<if • "the 'latter for curative purposes'* as daufeerousj being likely to destroy tissues upon whioh it yi_ fbcus^ed. ■■■■ f •'.-'- ••' - '-"'- •'"- • '•'" y: ' A maijority of the cases in-- the Finiran Institution are of the most aggravated type. Many of them were declared hopeless by regular physicians, and they came to Professor Finsen as a last resort. •*. • " One of the nurses, now in perfect health, entered the institute as a patient, the entire left side of her face being a mass of tuberculosis. Hardly a scar now remains. Birthmarks, even when covering a large area, are so quickly removed that applications for the treatment of such blemishes alone would keep the institution full. x- |