Bronchitis, the Treatment of Capillary in Child- Of Esophagus, Radium Treatment of, 281 Carcinoma Uteri, Value of Abdominal Hysterec- Cataract Extraction, a Few Experiments in, 73 Cavities in the Lungs, the Diagnosis of Tubercu- lous. By Herman B. Allyn, M. D., Phila- Cerebral Tumor, the Successful Removal of, 122 Chorea Minor, Apomorphine in, 183 Clergy, Pernicious Teaching by the. Editorial, Climate, Colorado, for Tuberculosis, 421 Selection of, 422 Clinography, Topograms, and Semiograms. Edi- Colitis and Appendicitis, the Relationship Be- Colorado State Medical Society, Meeting of the. Consumption, the Cure of, by Feeding the Pa- Corneal Temperature and Nictitation, the Im- Corrugations, Tooth and Nail, 290 Cortical Motor Area, Extent of, 462 Esophageal Surgery, the Experiments of Sauer- Examinations of the Colorado State Board. Edi- Examination Questions of the Colorado State Fee Bill, Legal Bearing of the, 477 Femoral Neck, Demonstration of Anatomical Gonorrhea, The Prophylactic and Abortive Gout in Children, 154 Hay Fever, Dunbar's Serum in, 191 History, Personal, 425, 465 Hodgkins Disease Treated by New Tubercu- Homeopathy. Editorial, 415 Hypermetropia, Latent, the Cause of the Diffi- Infection, a Possible Source of Tuberculosis or Insurance Examiners, Relation of the Practi- Knee Joint, Recurrent Effusion into the, 469 Life Insurance Examiners, a few Points for. By Light-Its Therapeutic Importance in Tubercu- losis as Founded Upon Scientific Researches. By J. Mount Bleyer, M. D., F. R. A., M. S., Liver in Children, Alcoholic Cirrhosis of the, 154 Lymph Nodes, the Surgical Treatment of Tuber- Meningitis, Bacteriology and Pathological An- Changes in the Cortex in Acute, 374 Pathological Anatomy and Method of Infec- Nephritis, Acute, Caused by Peruvian Balsam, The Treatment of, by Extract of Swine's Kid- Nerve Blocking to Prevent Amputation Shock, Nervous System, Diseases of the, 373 Neurasthenia, the Rest Treatment for, 183 News Items, 24, 30, 46, 55, 66, 72, 80, 113, 121, Nothing, the Gentle Art of Saying, 141 Nurses' Training Schools, Abortive, Editorial, 178 Oil, Value of Large Doses of Olive, in Diseases Oxytocic, Quinine as an, 157, 229 Pancreas, Physiology of the, 327 Paraffin Injection, the Use of Gersung's in Paraglobulin in the Urine as a Sign of Amyloid Pelvic Floor, Laceration of the, 151 Philippines, Climate of the, 460 Phymol. By Dr. Guillaume Livet, Paris, Physicians, Zeal of the Denver. Editorial, 369 Pleurisy, Intra-Pleural Injections for Tubercu- Prayer vs. Pills. Editorial, 418 Pregnancy, Twenty Cases Illustrating the Fre- President, the New. Editorial, 371 Diseases of the Digestive Tract, 69, 143, 180, Foreign Literature, German, 78, 153, 191, 228, General Surgery, 70, 124, 145, 184, 330, 376, Neurology and Alienism, 122, 144, 182, 261, Physiology, Hygiene, and Public Health, 123, Respiratory and Circulatory Diseases, 461 Tuberculosis, 31, 119, 225, 283 Prophylaxis, Sanitary and Moral, 380 Prostitution of a Noble Movement, the. Editor- Pruritis Vulvæ, the Surgical Treatment of Idio- Ptosis and the Operation of Motais, 379 Pyosalpinx, 128 Radium. Some Facts About. Editorial, 140 Sciatica, Treatment of, by Deep Injections, 182 Senility, Prevention of, 328 Serum, Marmorek's Anti-Tuberculosis, 432 Therapy, the Present Limitations of, in the Session, a Most Interesting. Editorial, 369 Societies, Influence of County, Editorial, 368 Denver Clinical and Pathological Society, 43, Medical Society of the City and County of Spleen and Uterus, Adhesions of the, 127 State Medical Society, Best Meeting Ever Held. Meeting of the. Editorial, 365 Stomach, Primary Sarcoma of the, 70 A Review of the Vascular Anatomy of the, with Reference to Bleeding from that Or- gan. By F. Gregory Connell, M. D., Sa- Diagnosis and Treatment of the Neuroses of Subacute Perforation of the, 378 Orthoform in the Diagnosis of. By A. E. Engzelius, M. D., Denver, Colo., 92 Studies at Mount St. Rose, Clinical. By Wil- Tendo Achilles Jerk, the, in Diphtheria, 373 Tendon Transplantation, Dangers of, 326 Tenotomies, the Attractive Features of Gradu- ated, Upon the Eye Muscles, 148 Tetanus, Baccelli's Treatment with Phenic Acid, Therapeutics, New Conquests of Ocular, 289 Thoracentesis, Improved Method of, 461 Tuberculosis, Adaptation and. By J. G. Adam, A. M., M. D., F. R. S., Montreal, Canada, 207 Diagnosis of Incipient Pulmonary, 225 Duty of the State to Those Suffering from. Exercise in Pulmonary. Editorial, 114 From a Surgical Standpoint, 330 In Ohio, The Open-Air Treatment of, 34 In Our Public Institutions, 119 In the Negro, Causes and Treatment of. By John E. Hunter, M. D., Lexington, Ky., 250 Of the Eye, Tuberculin in the Treatment of, 192 Of the Gastro Intestinal Tract, 223 On the Healing of. Clinical Features. Iodoformized Glycerine in Pulmonary, 147 Municipal Control of. By John W. Huddles- Premenstrual Elevation of Temperature in, 383 The Use of Creosote in the Treatment of Pul- monary. By H. Longstreet Taylor, A. M., Treatment of Joint, 184 Treatment of Laryngeal, by Sunlight, 229 Typhoid Fever, Adnexal Disease Due to, 127 Intestinal Perforation in, 224 Ulcer, Gastric : Hematemesis from, 466 Hemorrhage from Multiple, 467 Medical and Surgical Treatment of, 467 Surgical Aspect of, 466 Uncinariasis, the Mode of Infection in, 423 Uremia, Lumbar Puncture in, 374 Urination, a Cause of Frequent. By Orville M. Vagina, Operation for Congenital Absence of, 128 Labor, 151 Writing, Defects of Epigrammatic. Editorial, 67 X-Rays, Some Facts About. By G. J. Monahan, Year, the Coming. Editorial, 25 JUNN8.1908. WESTERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL GAZETTE A Scientific Medical Journal, Devoting Sd Bipin Roy Fuberculosis and Climatology—A Journal VOL. XI. of Science, of News, and of Medical Lore. DENVER, COLORADO, JANUARY, 1905. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. No. I' Light-Its Therapeutic Importance in Tuberculosis as Founded By J. MOUNT BLEYER, M. D., F. R. A., M. S., LL. D., New York City. It is a trite saying that "There is turn, only with this difference, that It is not very many generations since Since Newton's day, it has been as- mous Ionian philosopher, Anaximander, the first systematic writer on philosophy, had an inkling of some of the marvelous facts of astronomy. Strangely mixed with wild theories, were the ideas conceived of the solar center and its relation to the earth and heavenly bodies revolving around it. Then we learn that the great Pythagoras actually knew all the chief facts concerning the movements of the sun, the stars and the planets. He even knew that the stars. were suns of systems like our, and advanced the theory that the planets are worlds, cheered and animated with life, similar to, if not like, ours; he was also acquainted with the two physical forces, attraction and repulsion; nay, he knew what modern science has not fully rediscovered; that the visible suns were emanations from and dependent upon an invisible, original, central sun, the sun of the universe, the celestial power whence the forces of nature are derived. We learn that, from time to time, there were others who knew more or less of the truths which science proved, even before the time of Copernicus, whose knowledge was marvelous, and of Galileo, who had to answer to the Roman hierarchy for knowing more than the Church. Indeed, so much of the Newtonian philosophy do we find in the ancient, that we cannot doubt that he had been exploring the old mines of cabalistic lore, and reached his great discoveries by following up clews gained therefrom. But the special purpose of this paper is to promote the well-being of mankind in this probationary world, by advocating light and its rays as the reme dial agent for the human organism when from any cause whatever, internal or external, the equilibrium of health is disturbed and disease wastes the body and deranges the mind:-nay, even when there is no clearly defined disease, but only feebleness and an indisposition for physical and mental effort. Of course to apply any remedy successfully, it is essential to know the characteristics and qualities of that remedy, and the features and functions of the organism in the condition of health. There are idiosyncrasies or differences in individuals, but the human organism in health, is much the same, not only throughout each race, but even throughout the family of man; and while some medicines act promptly and effectively in some cases, refuse to act in others, and act injuriously in still others where the symptoms are identical, yet light and its rays will be found exceptional in this respect and they seldom fail to effect just what they are designed to effect, when rightly administered. We can attribute this exceptional efficacy of light to the fact that it is essentially and especially nature's remedy, and, therefore, peculiarly adapted to assist nature in banishing disease and restoring health. Bacon declared: "There can be no real knowledge but that which is based on observed facts"; and the undisputed truth of this fact has been admitted by all eminent thinkers since his time. A fact new to man's knowledge-the blackening of a white salt of silverpresents itself and naturally the discoverer seeks to find the cause to which the phenomenon is due. The salt of silver |