CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 12/12/2017

Ultraviolet light, crude oil baths and more in 'Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums'

Reproduced from Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums, just out from FUEL Publishing, this photograph captures vacationers at the Aurora sanatorium in Kyrgyzstan—one of the poorest post-Soviet states. This particular treatment involves placing ultraviolet light-emitting sterilization lamps in the ear, nose or throat to kill bacteria, viruses and fungi. Other treatments covered in the book include cupping, leeching, mud or crude oil baths, light therapy, electrotherapy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. A universal staff favorite Holiday Gift Book 2017.