Discover Aid to Disease Prevention

Dr. W. T. Bovie G. '13, professor of biophysics at the Medical School, acting in conjunction with President C. C. Little '10 of the University of Maine, demonstrated yesterday at the University of Maine laboratories that ultraviolet rays obtained by the use of a fused quartz mercury vapor arc lamp are beneficial to health. These two scientists have been conducting a series of experiments with chickens, and their findings reveal important medical properties of this light.

Their discoveries will aid, it is claimed the prevention of children's disease, especially rickets.