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...

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Yazar: Anne Woloshyn, Tania (auth)
Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
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Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Manchester University Press 2017
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