, 1877-02-11
BLUE GLASS.
=. Tinker on the Potential Pos
w sibilities Of Light.
o.,f Hitchcock Takes His Stand Among
the UnbeGevers.
:, HIM and His Tractors, or Delusion
te' Of the Last Century. ~
. o.n.rv Birds Voice Restored BY the
Violet Bay.
,rp rRoat nT,. J I. TUCKER.

5oDoro1As PLACE CHICAGO req. o'-lt IS
"D ~, there Is an extraordinary interest felt
p's,n nsrfczted 'u publicly and privately in the
ana n ~ Rluc Glass. The writer is daily in
sa9ss II 1,tters from all parts OF the country
rs,sE ~ sarice concerning Its value and use He
ssAus -+ise1 by the remarkably liberal, compre-
: f.1a ~ ernectaut view which Is taken by
as''. o. sanceruing agents OF this class as ap-
- ..,;ate s supplements at least to tile
po, n.s, ,t Of to-day. This view, as be judges
Es. &C. h;s letters, is taken By both physicians aud
w. I.tv md he hopes that future researches in
W. z..c+,on will widen the nedica! horizon
1us .,d more, and he is doubtless justified In
%s.dino nas to the complimentary request OF
.or7esnondent to the last MONDAYS Issue,
H-;t;nc w. another letter, In which it is
y nscessary to dwell exclusively upon the
.s.n, 49, itself, but try to open up lines OF
1s..h, ~ and Investigation in the direction ot
~. 49,. comparatively new matter OF bringing the
-. NJ nature In many various potential
,s s,,,a,seopic combinations into the arena OF
s-Esns BIue glass, or the effect OF the actinic
~ tha sun, is one Of these agents, aud has
~ ,..enty, 60 far as this part Of the world is
w., a,.,,.3: entered upon its career o. expert
-"..t,on Enough Is known already
.,<.s,r rs in going On with every
s.xnnt Of m exuberant outcome How many
,ssrs ,re who have been 1ansuishing for
-. 49, ench acepts A. these! How many there are
- h,ve lift home Tor the thermal and medtci-
~, -rfngs. for Florida, Nassau, Cuba, and
r.r,ane. -. rho would gladly have availed them
..,ve, Of t.opical influences within the limits OF
49, ovo homes. There are many reasons to
..r.r.:that We have been permitting ourselves
sne,s s,s,sa ioto the mental and moral condition
" p.rr,n,s man with the muck-rake, and Thilc
~ .s.~ UT Is unwilling entirely to ignore WHIST
w 1s. ~ T,;ue there may be conccnercd IN the
sts,,r 4he small sticks and dust OF the floor, he
.aaH rot ike to lose sight OF the celestial
.,ogn yhlch Is just above our heads: l1ls
-.,d rsrhaos do in the infantile age Of med
~ sss ss;enne but not now. when the nervous sys-
,s-1 hes become such an important branch OF
ss..1;esi stndy.-the most difficult and profound
=; ~ snrIatties into which the medical profes-
.,n !. iijyided. 1t has one OF its ablest repre-
s,1tstiyes In Chicago in the editor OF the
JourauI Of .Mtnta1 aud Nervous Diseases, and we
h,re been made conversaut with many
~ the important fncts Of neurological science,
throngh es ne nub}isbed lectures OF Prof. Brown
se,nard delivered recently before the Lowell
1osti,rte in Boston. The ,ormer views OF rncdl-
eine hare been very discouragioE- 1t was a
1-mitfye medicine, which began and ended In
sssondrrs Of the liver. There was certain
.znrtity in blue pill before it was proven to
have no specific action upon the Liver, as had
been held for long time. There WIS much
reason 10 fall into the despondent Etate OF mlno
ui hin who sang:
and 50 from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot.
And thereby hangs tale ),
Hitherto the higher medical themes have been
10 crest extent usopopolized By German trans
teaieutalists; but the time has come for the
American to giye them practical application.
These themes haTc+ howe ycr, not a!togethcr cs-
rDed the notice OF thinkers on the Western,
Continent. Eycn the popular journals present
illustrations Of this fart- For inst2nrc, Dr.
Coan, in the Ga'ary Of a Jew years back, wrote
il Interesting artjtle on the science OF temper
rnents. The writers whose observations show
ths most originality in the discussion OF This
mh;ec. arc Caldwell, Buchanan, Thomas, Rich
trzud, Cabanis, Powell, and especially frof.
Hu1le5. These writer's catne 20 the CON
cirsi1n that there WAS an Intimate relationship
between Temperament and color. Ramsey holds
th.t black or carbon man is the product Of the
nrboniferous era and probably the same
tarses which have blancned the Caucasian have
made his race intellectual aud dominant, and IN
III races there IL 4 quite constant relat'on OIL
color and cLaracttr-wllte men corresponding
h combination OF the nervous, sanguiEc,
bilious, mud Iy1nplatic tempeEanlc1ts, yellow
neo to the lymphatic, brown to the shnsuine,
great classes Of men has taken the very form
md quality Of its tissues from the influence OF
clml.e and soil, the bath Of actinic and thermal
Influences In which, 70. countless generations, II
h.s been stepped" The above classification OF
temperament includes both the physical and
mental organizations, and they are related thns:
saaeulne aud thoracic, bilious and basic, iyn-
As illustrations Of the first may bc mentioned
Washington, Petrach. and Gen. Scott ct the
eeeond, Dante, Moha1nn,ed, Cortes. Charlie
mango, Charles XII, and Lady HUNTINGTON; III
the third, Colerdge; aud ct the fourth, pre-
eninently the Apostle Paul.
But this so-callcd science OF temperament.
though having sumo foundation IN fact. IS, neV-
e7theless, like Jurisprudence .eI-SeeretaTy
Boutwell, would add, political econony.-a sort
Of e1cresccnce, human invention, intended to
meet temporary emergency. Real science Is
lfis speculative, and more exact
:, II is easy to weigh the planets, determine
taesr constitution, aud calculate their distance
tas dlstanre Of Sirius, for instance. thst beaut-
IN star near the constellation OF Orion, which IS
70 1ar removed from lis that its lignt, althoueh
tTsEel|ns more than 10 900 geographical miles IN
oreach us: therefore VIC are now seeing Inns
sar ~ Il appeared in the rear 1850. IEe con-
temptation of such stupendous facts aff1rus m
eaalslng satisfaction, because they are capaole
ol mathematical demonstration.
-, hat Interests us more than all else Just at
a's time i light and anything which explains
~ wonderful phenomena Especially are We
interested In any effect which It mar exert IN us
: natural state Or artiGciallr modified upon the
aomsn organism in health and disease, and
Snetner not only the light which We daily be-
a1a, nut Hs different scgmcnts as it Is dlssect-
~ y me scientist by means OF his spectroscopo
aoa y Other modern appliances may not be con-
pslleo At Fill to do service in the hands OF ING
e nnassiclsn. Life itself is but the expression OF
s integrity Of our animal organisms sustalnen
sSatesY moment by constant iuterchanges Hlth
ne surrounding media, Que Of these media being
IT sssHl, and light, as We all know, being nut lne
sae1 OF the vibrations or undulatlons ot tne
~ slaeile ether filling the space between us anu
sae inm1nasy bodies, daily PLAYING tunes, so 70
eepeas, upon our eyes, just us sound plays on-
.seat tunes 10 our ears. It is quite necessary
,si ~get clear conception OF these fundamSn!a1
PRINCIPLES. I hope there will be 4 general IN.
!e1sst awakened in the study Of science, and
specially just nov in the silence of light and
eoand- Nothing will be found that can COM
{{aIe ~ interest and profit, whether we are seek
i11!e 1eIlet from suffering or food for thuugnt.
99!e interesting by far arc Goethe and Iyn-
~ t.aa On Sound and Light and the !" GFeat ArSni-
GO 90 OF Aungo Ponton than the most thrilling
soaance OF Charles Rcade or Wilkie Collins.
By study VIC shall ind that this light which is
ss Sal Gown to US from the sun Is By no means
= smple as it seems, for green trees and pre-
nu9s stones and all the objects We behold VIII
s1 lnanitc variety Of tinss arc really black a.
.ls sssa1, and do not present the!r characteristic
,S.sts t0l white light shines upon them, ana