The amended Act defined actinotherapy as the external application of infrared and ultraviolet irradiation. |
Publications shifted from an interest in remedial therapies and exercise to an increasing interest in electrotherapy and actinotherapy. |
Apart from tuberculosis and open wounds, the other main indication found for actinotherapy was rickets. |
I shall discuss in the following chapter the underlying principles and indications of actinotherapy in each of the diseases enumerated. |