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H I STO R I CA L PERSPECTIVE

A Little Ray of Sunshine John Quintner

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As one who has regularly breakfasted on h is famous cornflakes knows, Dr John Harvey Kellogg(1852-1943) successfully promoted the dictum of attaining good heal th through the use o f natural methods. H e was a tireless advocate o f the remedial properties of water, air, sunlight, heat, electricity, exercise, food and positive mental influences. Al though h is efforts in later l i fe were mainly directed towards combating ‘the crippled colon’ (said to be responsible for half the i l l s of life), Dr Kellogg also deserves recognition for h i s pioneering o f many physical treatment methods new to 19th-century American medicine.

Some ten years after Thomas Edison had patented the l6candlepower bulb-shaped electric lamp, Dr Kellogg used this invention in his electric-light bath. H e designed a treatment cabinet w i th in which he placed 50 or 60 electric light bulbs ‘for the purpose of u t i l i s ing th is source of incandescent heat in l i eu of sunl ight which i s so often unprocurable when most needed’.

The heat emanating f rom the electric light bulbs was regarded by Dr Kellogg as ‘resuscitated sunlight’. The process of resuscitation was described by him as follows: ‘The coal developed in ages past by the action ofmysterious forces upon enormous masses of vegetation which grew under the influence of sunl ight is, through the agency of the steam engine and the dynamo,

converted first into electricity, then in to light and heat, thus completing the cycle of utility.’

The electric-light ba th was recommended by Dr Kellogg as a powerful tonic for those suffering from jaundice, neurasthenia, Bright’s disease, consumption, and ‘all cases in which increased sk in activi ty i s required’. The radiant energy which it generated was said to penetrate the sk in and even to i l luminate the interior of the body. Al though these claims were somewhat extravagant, infra-red radiation has proved to be a simple and effective means of rel ieving chronic pain and muscle spasm, part icularly when carried out in conjunction wi th massage and both passive and active movements.

Author John Quintner MRCP is a medical consultant, St John of God Medical Centre, Wembley, Western Australia.

Note ‘Historical Perspective’ is a regular feature anticipating the Centenary of the founding of the Society of Trained Masseuses. Contributions which illuminate and colour the establishment and development of the profession are welcome and should be sent to the scientific editor.

References Kellogg, J H (1900). The Home Handbook of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine (51st thousand - revised and enlarged), International Tract Society Limited, London, pages 684-686. Kellogg, J H (1926). The ltineraryofa Breakfast (revised edition), Funk and Wagnalls Company, New York.

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