Soaking up the rays : light therapy and visual culture in Britain, c. 1890–1940

Soaking up the rays light therapy and visual culture in Britain, c. 1890–1940

Soaking up the rays forges a new path for exploring Britain’s fickle love of the light by investigating the beginnings of light therapy in the country, from c.1890–1940. Despite rapidly becoming a leading treatment for tuberculosis, rickets and other infections and skin diseases, light therapy was a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Woloshyn, Tania, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, England : Manchester University Press 2017
Materias:
Phototherapy > History.
Phototherapy > Great Britain > History.
Visual communication > Great Britain > History.
Suntan.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427382206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Consuming light
  • 2. Dosing sunburn
  • 3. Light registers
  • 4. Vanguard rays
  • 5. Photogenic suntans
  • 6. Dead points
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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