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...scientist and so of course am not in a position to question Dr. Janet Clark's findings, but I take issue with Dr. Clark's conclusions that "the amount null of the noonday sun's ultraviolet light; TIME, Sept. 10] is obviously too small to be of any great value...
...University of Pittsburgh, last week reported that he had found a good use for beryllium, one of the rare earth metals. By substituting beryllium oxide for soda lime silicate he has produced a harder, more refractory, more transparent glass than the usual kind. It lets the sun's ultraviolet light pass through...
Soaking in salt solution at least once a day helps cure. Keeping the "feet off hot floors and radiators is good. Ultraviolet light seems to be beneficial...
...person in such a room absorbs as much ultraviolet rays in ten hours as he would get outdoors in one minute...
Therefore Dr. Clark decided and proclaimed last fortnight. "This amount is obviously too small to be of any great value. Any child going out for recess or any stenographer going out to lunch will get more ultraviolet radiation than she could get all day behind a window of ultraviolet transmitting glass. So, although these materials have an undoubted field of usefulness in solariums, and probably in animal houses and zoos, it is unnecessary to put them in schools and offices where it would be cheaper and more efficient to send the individuals concerned out into the sunshine...