Abstract
In a preliminary report 1 on the changes in the blood cholesterol of children, it was shown that the cholesterol content of the blood might be increased by the combined use of inunctions of wool fat and ultraviolet irradiation. The patients in the cases then reported were treated for a period of only sixteen days. In the present report, a study of thirty-two additional cases in which intensive treatment was given is recorded. PROCEDURE Ultraviolet rays were applied with a Hanovia quartz mercury lamp at a distance of 30 inches (76 cm.), exposures being given anteriorly and posteriorly, three times weekly. The time of exposure was three minutes at first and then was increased to five, seven, ten, twelve and fifteen minutes, respectively, on subsequent exposures. Wool fat, U. S. P., 2 softened by heat, was rubbed well into the entire body; the patient then received the ultraviolet irradiation. Technical
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