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Introduction
Chapter 1
Your Body and Mind in the Sun
Chapter 2
The Decline of the Sun in Recent Times
Chapter 3
How Sunlight Can Prevent Serious Health Problems
Chapter 4
Sunlight: A Medicine for Diseases of the Past, Present and Future
Chapter 5
How to Sunbathe Safely, All Year Round
Chapter 6
The Merits of Getting Sunlight into Buildings
Chapter 7
Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century
Reviews
Press Reviews
RICHARD HOBDAY
CHAPTER 4:
SUNLIGHT: A MEDICINE FOR DISEASES OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Sunlight therapy was a popular treatment for tuberculosis before antibiotics were developed, and the techniques used in the past may need to be revived. The incidence of tuberculosis is increasing in both developing and industrialised countries, partly because of the emergence of strains which are resistant to the limited range of available antibiotics. These strains are becoming established in developed world and elsewhere, posing a serious threat to public health. Variants of bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus are also upon us which are untreatable by every known antibiotic. Because of this, post-operative infections are becoming much more difficult to heal. Before antibiotics became widely available in the 1950s, sunlight therapy was used to treat infectious diseases and the techniques developed by sunlight therapists in the past could help solve this growing problem. Chapter 5:
How to Sunbathe Safely, All Year Round