[Folk Medicine has many universal remedies - the most important is "Aquavit"]. / Et højst simpelt og pålideligt universal-laegemiddel.

In 1875 A.P. Møller, a bookseller on "Gammelmønt" in Copenhagen published a little book on "aquavit" as a universal medicament written by an old shepherd from Schlesien. The idea behind the book is discussed and several additions to aquavit are mentioned. The adding of salt is especially recommended for many ailments. The Danes have generally prefered to add other substances, which is shown by comparing the shepherds list with a danish investigation.

[Niels Finsen's treatment of tuberculosis of the skin]. / Niels Finsens behandling af hudtuberkulose.

By his contemporaries Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904) has been described as a highly dynamic personality and characterised as a sympathetic, kind, confidence-inspiring, conscientious, reliable, intellectual, mysterious and genious doctor, who took care of his patients' illness as well as their social and economic conditions. But he was known too as sharp, critical and able to defend his scientific viewpoints with a deep commitment. Niels Finsen introduced the universal light bath, but his great achievement was the local light treatment of lupus vulgaris for which he got the Nobel Prize in 1903. In the article the history of lupus vulgaris, its treatment and its social consequenses for the patients as individuals are described as an introduction to an analysis of Niels Finsen's scientific methods, his treatment and results and the reactions from the contemporary medical authorities, the public represented by the press and the patients themselves. Finally the discussions after Niels Finsen's death are researched.