The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-21
uopK FOR THE sA1p.HEApEs.

A singular feature Of this young lady's
case was that her hair all came out, and
she became bald as an egg. Her physician
examined the scalp with microscope, and
declared that there were no roots of hair
remaining, and that consequently, she
would never again have a natural head of
hair. This announcement, to q young Ia
dy, was worse than would have been the
reading of her death-warrant. Better the
cold grave and its attendant worms than to
go through life with wig. Under the
blue glass treatment, however, the hair did
begin to grow, the young lady discarded
her wig, and when she called upon General
Pleasonton she showed him a luxuriant
growth of hair which any Young lady might
envy. She was profusely grateful to the
General for having restored her hair, and
incidentally saved her life. So much for
examples and illustrations. These, and
numerous others which might cite if you
had space to print them, show that the blue
light associated with the sunlight have
wonderfully stimulating effect upon both
vegetable and animal life, and have cured
some diseases with which the human family
is afflicted. If they will do this, everybody
ought to know it, for the treatment. costs
nothing, and is great saving of doctors
bills. Now for
GENERAL PLEAsoNToN's EXPLANATION
Of the curative effects of the associate
lights. In his letter to me he puts it thus
tersely: "Sunlight passes through the
plain, transparent glass with very slight OBJ
struction, as it does through the atmosphere
and ether of space. 1t produces no heat,
for the glass remains as cold as the outside
atmosphere while the sunlight passes
through it. When, however, the adjoining
sunlight, moving with the same velocity as
the first mentioned, viz, 10000 feet per
second, falls upon the blue panes of glass,
six of the seven primary rays of sunlight
are suddenly arrested by it, only the blue
ray being permitted to pass through it into
the apartment. The sudden stoppage of
these six rays of light, with this enormous
velocity, produces friction; this friction
evolves negative electricity, which IS the
electricity of sunlight passing through the
cold ether of space and our cold atmosphere
both of which being negatively electrified,
imPart their electricity by induction to the
rays of sunlight as they pass. The blue
glass is oppositely electrified. When these
opposite electricities, thus brought together
meet at the surface of the glass, their con-
junction evolves heat and magnetism the
heat expands the molecules of the g SIS and
current of electro-magnetism passes into
the room, imparting vitality and strength
to any animal or vegetable life within it.
When the atmosphere of the room becomes
thus electromagnetic, its inhabitants
cannot fail to derive the greatest benefit
from being in it." General Pleasonton's
book is devoted to the scientific discussion
of his theory, and to the recital of proof to
sustain him.
Not being a scientist, and not having
much time or space at my disposal, 1 shall
not pretend to explain General Pleasonton's
ideas. Let those who wish to read his book
send to Scribner for it, inclosing 50, and
they will get it. But "the proof of the
pudding is in the eating" While cannot
explain scientifically the operation, know
that the blue light, in conjunction with the
plain light, has produced wonderful effects,
both in curing diseases and otherwise. 1t
costs nothing to try it, for, although pa
tent has been issued to General Pleasonton
for his discovery, he has not sought to pro-
fit by it. Let
WHOEVER DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT
With it, whether upon vegetable or animal
life, go ahead. If upon vegetable life, the
of blue glass to transparent
should be about one-eighth if upon animal
life, let it be about equal-one-half trans
parent. The glass used is dark purplish
blue, and can be obtained almost anywhere. |
Get few panes of it cut to the size of your
window panes-and insert them alternately |
in the sash, and then let the lame, the halt,
and the blind sit within its influence. 1t is |
soon tested, and at trifing cost. The
results already obtained and certified to by /
men of known character and standing are
sufficient to make ridiculous the one who
would cry " humbug," Facts are facts, and
cannot be wiped out. Whatever one may
think of General PleasontOn's theories, or
his explanations of the results obtained by
his experiments, no one who reads his book
IAN doubt but these results have been OBJ
aimed. In France his book attracted the
attention of the best scientists, who are now
experimenting with the blue glass. What
'esults have been obtained is not known.
All scientists admit that electricity is a
orce regarding which very little is known.
They are all striving to learn more regard
ng it, and to make it more subservient to
he will of man. Perhaps General Pleas
'nton has got
A STEP IN ADvANcE
IF all of them, and holds the key of the
,uzzle in his grasp. 1 should add, how
yer, that he is exceedingly modest regard
ng his discovery, and says: 81 do not
rofess to teach any one but, as a human
tom among the masses of mankind, for
7hom all knowledge should be dissemi-
ated, venture to impart to the public
he conclusions to which l have arrived ON
hese subjects, and that the public may at
nch to them whatever value they please"
When see a near and dear relative daily
dvancing from sickness to health, gaining
trength and vigor from the application of
is theory, for one attach very consider
BILE weight to it. In the hope that others
lay be induced to experiment in this d.
ection, where no possible harm can follow