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FINSEN LIGHT TREATMENT FOR LUPUS.
PNEUMOTHORAX REFILLS.
Since 1921, the Council has paid for the Finsen
Light treatment of cases of Lupus at the London
Hospital. During the year 2 patients were so treated,
making 23 attendances for treatment.
The Council's arrangements for the provision of
pneumothorax refills at the Brompton Hospital were
not used during the year, but 2 patients received this
form of treatment at the City of London Hospital,
having 18 refills between them.
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT TREATMENT.
During the year arrrangements were made, with
the approval of the Ministry of Health and London
County Council, for the provision of Artificial Light
Treatment for Tuberculosis patients, chiefly nonpulmonary
cases, at the City of London Hospital for
Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, from the 1st April.
Up to the end of the year, 6 patients had received
160 treatments under these arrangements.