“Bacterial Infections
Dr. Rebbeck has shown that ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy is effective after the sulfonamides have failed. This has been my experience. We have given more than 200 irradiations to 100 patients. These patients have been given a thorough course of sulfonamides with no success. I have seen angry, edematous infections subside in six to eight hours following blood irradiation therapy and in 24 hours they’d be almost gone.—Dr. Roswell Lowry (Cleveland, Ohio)
UVBI originally came into use after its early pioneers observed its remarkable efficacy for a variety of severe infections. For example, in 1942, Dr. Miley reported on 103 consecutive cases of acute pyogenic (fever producing) infections that were often quite severe (e.g., septic) at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. Results of recovery were 20 out of 20 for early infections, 46 out of 47 for moderately advanced, and 17 out of 36 of those who were moribund.” In short, they also found UVBI would treat infections throughout the body, including suspected infections (where signs of infection were present but it could not be identified).
Note: frequently alternative therapies are only used as a last resort in cases where a patient is otherwise expected to die (which in turn makes them appear less efficacious than they actually are). Additionally, these lower results are likely in part due to previous sulfa drug treatment.
As UVBI yielded dramatic results for mothers who developed severe infections from the birthing process (puerperal sepsis), which at the time was a frequent cause of death, UVBI became a popular treatment option. For example, one physician reported that over 4 years UVBI had been used for puerperal sepsis, they’d had 2,486 obstetrical patients and 0 deaths.“
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Cari