Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, ul. Szwajcarska 3, Poznań, Poland.
Clin Dermatol. 2012 Jul-Aug;30(4):451-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.11.019.
Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904) developed a lamp based on electric carbon arcs (later known as the Finsen light) that was used for skin therapy a century ago. He became director of the Medical Light Institute in Copenhagen, later the Finsen Institute, where he developed this method of treatment. Within a few years, 40 Finsen Institutes were established in Europe and in the United States of America. In 1903, Finsen received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in recognition of his work on the treatment of diseases and, in particular, the treatment of lupus vulgaris by means of concentrated light rays. Finsen's scientific interests were greatly influenced by his health condition. Beginning in 1883, he began to experience symptoms of an illness that would be later diagnosed as Niemann-Pick disease. He spent the last years of his life confined to a wheelchair. Dermatology reaps the benefits of light treatment to this day.
尼尔斯·吕贝里·芬森（1860 年至 1904 年）发明了一种基于电碳弧的灯（后来被称为芬森灯），一个世纪前这种灯曾被用于皮肤治疗。他成为哥本哈根医学光研究所（后来的芬森研究所）的所长，在那里他开发了这种治疗方法。几年内，欧洲和美国共建立了 40 个芬森研究所。1903 年，芬森因在治疗疾病方面的工作而获得诺贝尔医学奖，特别是他用集中光线治疗狼疮的方法。芬森的科学兴趣深受其健康状况的影响。从 1883 年开始，他开始出现一种疾病的症状，后来被诊断为尼曼-皮克病。他在轮椅上度过了生命的最后几年。直到今天，皮肤病学仍受益于光疗。
