Why Are Siberian Children Waiting in Front of These Lamps?

Made by thousands of people for decades UV light bath, In some schools, it continues to be applied to children when the recess bell rings.

Why can such a practice be done only in Siberia, while it is not done in other countries? What we just said “winters are cold and harsh” Even if this information did not light up your mind, you will soon understand why.

In the 1980s, UV bathing was a common practice in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, to increase vitamin D production.

We can encounter UV baths, which still exist in some places today, especially in schools in Siberia. In winter months; When it’s recess time, the children, one by one, into a large room with closed curtains It’s going right.

They take off their clothes and only their underwear remains. Oh and also Rubber bands to secure heads with tinted glasses. Then, their teacher, wearing a white outfit, presses a button on a device and the UV bath begins.

So why are UV rays still preferred in Siberia, while there are pills or drops for vitamin D in other countries?

“Light treatments” experienced something of a boom in the 20th century. It began to be used for all kinds of diseases and illnesses. Vitamin D deficiency is also It was understood that it could be treated with ultraviolet lamps.

However, when a more comprehensive study was carried out in the 1927s, UV rays It was observed that it did not have a significant effect as much as medical drugs. Thus, the use of UV light in medicine began to decline, but interestingly it did not have the same effect in the Soviet Union.

Electricity played a major role in the SSBC.

From the first half of the 20th century, light therapies contributed to a variety of factors that promoted “political, economic and social compatibility” with the practices and dynamics of Soviet science. Electricity played a central role in the USSR. Even Lenin said: “Communism is the combination of Soviet power and electricity.”

While other countries had a strong pharmaceutical sector, Russia lacked such capacity.

Russia had an infrastructure dedicated to heavy industry and military production. This enabled the Soviets to address medical problems differently, with other tools, and solutions were sought in areas of their strength. Industrial production such as UV lamps was one of them.

In short; There are many reasons why UV rays continue to be used, but the main reason is to maintain tradition. Of course, vitamin D deficiency could be prevented by taking a few medicines and drops, but this, interestingly, more traditional It looks like it’s coming.

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