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Finsen|ˈfɪnsən| The name of Niels R. Finsen (1860–1904), Danish physician, used attrib. and in the possessive to designate the method introduced by him of treating skin diseases by ultra-violet light, and also the apparatus he devised for the purpose.
1899Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 825/1 (heading) Remarks on Finsen's phototherapy. 1902Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 9/3 A Finsen lamp for the new treatment of lupus. 1902Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 May 1324/2 A small ulcerating surface, which resisted treatment by Finsen's light. 1903Ibid. 3 Jan. 24/1 The Finsen treatment in lupus vulgaris. 1907Practitioner Nov. 721 The Finsen-light treatment of lupus. 1911Albutt's Syst. Med. IX. 480 Intra-nasal lupus can be rarely reached with Finsen's apparatus. 1934Dore & Franklin Dis. Skin xxiv. 343 For small growths ultra-violet light applied with either the Finsen or Kromayer compression lamp is sometimes successful. 1961Brit. Med. Dict. 561/1 Finsen apparatus, or lamp, a source of ultra-violet-light radiation designed for the local treatment of lupus. It consists of a carbon-arc lamp of high amperage. Ibid., Finsen treatment, the treatment of lupus vulgaris by local ultraviolet irradiation with the Finsen lamp; this is now seldom employed. |