On the question of the therapeutic effect of electric light

Already in ancient times it was known that light and color rays reveal a known influence on physiological processes, regardless of the action of heat rays contained in the source of light. The then doctors widely used the integral action of the light. But the true creators of light therapy should be considered Oribazius and Aetsiy, since they are indicated and contraindicated for the treatment of illnesses with light baths. However, in the course of the subsequent vokov, the medicine was forgotten and only at the end of the past century it again received practical application. At the same time, scientific development and the most physiological action of light began to be subjected to. I do not intend to cite here all the numerous facts that have accumulated at the present time on the question of the physiological influence of the blessing and color light both on the simple form of the animal organism, as well as on the higher animals, but I will allow myself to dwell on some facts that are close to question. One of the most detailed works on this issue belongs to the Russian author Dr. I. V. Godnev, who also provides detailed literary references.