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groups of paitent beds would be in this room. each one would have a light facing them. where uv rays would shine on them. kinda like a huge tanning bed used mostly for Rickets (a vitiamin D difficency) before they didnt know that UV rays caused skin cancer. The Bader Solarium
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The Bader Solarium, 1930s
Sunlight was considered very important in the treatment of many diseases, especially rickets (a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or calcium). Here, several children receive carbon arc and ultraviolet light treatments. The risk of prolonged ultraviolet light exposure as a cause of skin cancer was not appreciated in that era