The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
THE BLUE GLASS CURE.
Ar interview with General Pienson,on.

an interview with General PlensOnton.
At recent call upon General Pleason-
ton, says n correspondent, found him
very corpulent and afiable old gentle
man with snow white hair and beard. He
expressed himself happy to give me all
the information in his power about the
virtues of bluelight. / asked if he had
known of its influence upon animal and
vegetable life for any time.
Yes" he replied, "Ive had blue
panes in my grapery for more than ten
years, and the action of the light upon
the plants was really wonderful. Those
vines or parts of vines exposed to the
blue rays attained development won
derfully greater than those influenced
solely by the ordinary light, and Mr.
Buist, distinguished florist, has been
very successful in restoring to healthful
vigor numerous plants, apparently dying,
by the same plan.
What is the principle, general ?"
Why, the electro magnetism devel-
oped by the passage of the suns rays
through plain, transparent glass asso-
ciated with blue glass possesses wonder
ful curative powers"
What kind of glass do you use ?"
"A French glass of dark Mazarine
blue. 1t is colored with cobalt, the in
gradients of the glass and the metal be-
ing fused together"
"What is the method of appliance
say, to little girl with curvature of
the spine? L know one so afflicted"
Well, if you want an exceedingly
strong light, have whole sash filled
with blue panes and place it Immediately
in front OF your ordinary sash. Then
bare the little girls back down to her
hip, so as to have the spine exposed to
the influence of the bluelight Then,
when the sun is shining, seat her on a
chair q little way from the window, SO as
not to be exposed to the draught coming
in through the crevices of the window.
and let her take sun bath of about half
an hour or so. Do that for several days,
and. if the child desires, give her another
bath in the afternoon. Give her no
medicine, allow her to eat what agrees
with her, and [ am confident that the
child will be greatly relieved-I hope
cured"
:" Is it necessary to have an entire
sash of blue panes?'
son, no. Generally half dozen
panes are sufficient. But then the pa
tient must move as the sun moves"
I" Its effect upon your injured back
was astonishingl"
Very true. But it has effected much
more astonishing cures. Only this morn
ing L received letter from Cairo, Illi-
nois, from lady who had been afflicted
with dreadful case of spinal meningitis.
She had been suffering for four years,
and was cured by the bluelight process.
" Is it, then, invariably successful Z"
I" So far, am happy to say, it is.
Are you going to take any steps to
secure pecuniary profit from your dis
covery ?"
=" Not at all, sir. If people were going
to make money out of it, I'd charge them
for license. But its power must not
be hampered. 1t is SO essentially cure
by Gods unlimited elements that l wish
all mankind to participate in the benefit
OF it. All l ask is that any one trying
the process shall send me an account of
its operation and the result Whether
good OF evil, desire to know the result
in all cases"
"Well, then, as l understand it, any
one suffering from local disease is sim
ply to obtain window panes of dark MAJ
arine blue, French is the best place it
in front Of the ordinary plain window
glass, so that the light will pass through
the blue Immediately upon coming from
the ordinary glass, the diseased part to
be directly exposed to the blue rays.
This treatment is particularly efficaciOus
i'll all diseases Of the spine. Any one
trying it is not at all indebted to you in
a pecuniary sense, but is asked only to
send you minute description of the eff
feet produced upon their systems"
" That's it, sir, concise enough to tele-
graph"
"Thank you, sir"