Kuva mu ntangiriro z'ibihe, imiterere y'urumuri yamenyekanye kandi ikoreshwa mu kuvura. Abanyamisiri ba kera bubatse solariums zifite ikirahure cy'amabara kugira ngo zikoreshe amabara yihariye y'urumuri rugaragara kugira ngo zikize indwara. Abanyamisiri ni bo babanje kumenya ko iyo usize irangi mu kirahure, bizakuraho izindi ngero zose z'urumuri rugaragara kandi bikaguha ishusho y'urumuri rutukura, ari rwoImirasire y'uburebure ya nanometero 600-700.Gukoreshwa kwa kera n'Abagereki n'Abaroma byashimangiye ingaruka z'ubushyuhe bw'urumuri.
Mu 1903, Neils Ryberg Finsen yahawe igihembo cya Nobel mu buvuzi kubera gukoresha neza urumuri rwa ultraviolet mu kuvura neza abantu barwaye igituntu. Muri iki gihe Finsen yemerwa nk'umubyeyi waubuvuzi bugezweho bw'ibinyabutabire.
Ndashaka kukwereka agatabo nabonye. Ni ako mu ntangiriro z'imyaka ya 1900 kandi imbere handitseho ngo 'Ishimire izuba ryo mu nzu hamwe n'izuba ryo mu rugo.' Ni ikintu cyakozwe mu Bwongereza cyitwa Vi-Tan ultraviolet home unit kandi ni agasanduku ko kwiyuhagira gafite urumuri rwa ultraviolet incandescent. Gifite itara rya mercure vapor, ritanga urumuri muri ultraviolet spectrum, birumvikana ko ritanga vitamine D.