Memoir of Funeral of Niels Ryberg Finsen, and Clippings 1904

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Memoir of Funeral of Niels Ryberg Finsen, and Clippings 1904

http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/finsen095

Two eyewitness accounts of Finsen's funeral, a Danish article about his funeral, and four articles in appreciation of Dr. Finsen's work.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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Finsen, Niels R. (Niels Ryberg), 1860-1904

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Born in the Faroe Islands, Neils Finsen studied medicine at University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1890. In the course of studying Pick's disease, which afflicted him, Finsen became interested in the effects of sunlight and certain rays within sunlight and their effect on people. Though he found no solution to his own situation, he discovered that the absence of such rays greatly reduced scarring from small-pox and that application of such rays provided effective treatment to sufferers of lupus...