Advantages of Electric-light Cabinet
The superiority of the electric-light cabinet bath over the Turkish or Russian bath or hot-air or vapor cabinet baths is considerable. The surrounding temperature in the latter has to be higher than that of the body, in order to produce marked skin activity with the resulting profuse perspiration, but in the light cabinet it is below that of the body—from 96 degrees even to as low as 85 degrees. Yet in the light-bath perspira¬tion appears much sooner than in the other baths. It must be concluded from these facts that the radiant light and heat pene¬trate the tissues more deeply than the conducted heat, and that they greatly increase cellular activity, heighten metabolism and energize the circulation from within outward.