Treatment of skin diseases with a quartz lamp of the Bach system

Light treatment in dermatology originates from Finsen, whose method is widely used. The Finsen device has found application mainly in the treatment of skin tuberculosis and especially lupus vulgaris, where positive results are obtained. But the high cost of the device and its complexity caused an attempt to use other light sources for treatment. Among the latter, a mercury-quartz lamp is currently enjoying great success, which has found application in the treatment of many painful processes, including skin diseases. In the West, the light of a quartz lamp is used by many dermatologists (Kromayer, Jesionek, Schmidt, Nagelschmidt, Stümpke, Hümphris, Lancaschir, Castle, Sibley) for the following skin diseases: alopecia areata, lupus vulgaris, acne vulgaris, acne rosacea, eczema, furunculosis, dermatitis, etc. As far as we know, there are only a few observations on the use of quartz in the Russian dermatological literature. Our clinic, having considerable material on the treatment of mercury-quartz lamp, mainly for diseases of the nervous system and internal organs, also has some material, although not yet numerous, in the field of skin diseases.