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Definition of Heliotherapy
1. Noun. Therapeutic exposure to sunlight.
Definition of Heliotherapy
1. Noun. Any medical therapy by exposure to light. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Heliotherapy
1. The treatment of disease by exposing the body to the sun's rays; the therapeutic use of sunbathing. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliotherapy
Literary usage of Heliotherapy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"(6) It promises interesting results in other surgical conditions under study.
heliotherapy in Psoriasis.—M. GUHR (Berl. klin. Woch., 1906, No. 17, p. ..."
2. Tuberculosis of the lymphatic system by Walter Bradford Metcalf (1919)
"heliotherapy.—The use of sunlight as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of ...
heliotherapy in the treatment of tuberculosis has been most extensively ..."
3. Principles of medical treatment by George Cheever Shattuck (1916)
"TUBERCULIN TREATMENT. The general practitioner should not undertake this form of
treatment. heliotherapy OR SUNLIGHT TREATMENT. This may be tried in certain ..."
4. The Principles of Therapeutics by Oliver Thomas Osborne (1921)
"heliotherapy All of the ancients recognized the value of the sun in curing and
preventing disease, and many of them worshiped the sun. ..."
5. Intestinal Auto-intoxication by Adolphe Combe, Albert Fournier, William Gaynor States (1908)
"heliotherapy Sun baths have been particularly studied by Bernhard1 of Samaden,
and Rallier* of Leysin. These two surgeons, by methodical and progressive ..."
6. A Consulting Surgeon in the Near East by Alfred Herbert Tubby (1920)
"heliotherapy, or sun-bath cures, combined with water-athletics and exercises, in
connection with the Command Depot by the sea, towards the close of the ..."
7. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine by G. Koehler, Bernard Fantus, William Augustus Evans (1921)
"RADIOTHERAPY Under this heading we shall discuss the therapeutic application of
radiant energy, which includes the use of sunshine (heliotherapy), ..."
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