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Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy is the exposure to direct sunlight or artificial light at controlled wavelengths in order to treat a variety of medical disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD), circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, cancers, neonatal jaundice, and skin wound infections.
John Nash Ott (23 October 1909 – 6 April 2000 [1]) was a photo-researcher, writer, photographer, and cinematographer who was an early adopter of many modern photographic practices, including time-lapse photography and full-spectrum lighting.
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John A. Sanford was born in Moorestown, New Jersey, a township in Burlington County.His parents were both leaders in the spiritual healing movement. His father, Edgar L. Sanford, was born in Vermont in 1890 and was an Episcopal priest, as was his own father and grandfather.
As Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History, Habits and Instincts and was a founding figure in British entomology. [44] [45] was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. He was a Quaker Christian. [46] John Dalton (1766–1844): an English chemist, physicist, and
Niels Ryberg Finsen (15 December 1860 – 24 September 1904) was a physician and scientist.In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science."
William Shockley (1910–1989): American physicist and inventor. Along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, Shockley co-invented the transistor, for which all three were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. [327] William James Sidis (1898–1944): American mathematician, cosmologist, inventor, linguist, historian and child prodigy ...
References Professor John Elliotson and animal magnetism as a way to perform painless surgery without anaesthesia. Mesmerism/Magnestism/Hypnosis are themes running throughout the book. Used primarily as a tool to enhance independent thought within the population. Axel Munthe's 1929 book of memoirs "The Story of San Michele".