Abstract
A LTHOUGH it has long been known that certain JL. radiations have a powerful action on physiological processes, it is only in recent years that much attention has been given to the subject as it affects the higheranimals. Apart from the mechanism of carbon assimilation in the green plant, our eyes have been mainly directed to the lethal effects of ultraviolet rays, and, more recently still, to those of X-rays and of radium. The author of the book before us was one of the first to appreciate and to make practical use of the beneficial action of sunlight. Dr. Rollier'swork at Leysin has been made familiar to readers of NATURE by the recentlecture given at the Royal Institution by Dr. Saleeby, and the reviewer cannot do better than refer those who wish for further information, withabundant and deeply interesting illustrations, to this translation of Dr. Rollier's book. Forewords are contributed by Sir Henry Gauvain and Dr.Saleeby, while special chapters are included on the scientific basis by Dr. Rosselet, on the use of X-rays in the control of the progress of thetreatment by Dr. Schmid, and on the adjuvants of heliotherapy by Dr. Amstad, who also adds a chapter on non-tuberculous diseases.
Heliotherapy.
By Dr. A. Rollier. With the Collaboration of Dr. A. Rosselet, Dr. H. J. Schmid, Dr. E. Amstad. (Oxford Medical Publications.) Pp. xxii + 288. (London: Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, 1923.) 25s. net.
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BAYLISS, W. Heliotherapy. Nature 112, 197–198 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112197a0
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