The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-08
THE CURE BY vE0LET BLUE.
a New Discovery ln Medicine and
New Traffic.

cihrAaDIe medicinal qualities OF sunlight
thrown through blue glass has, been
widely read since it's publication, and has
resulted in many e4peripents With NJ
little success. 1t is not understood that
General Plebsoe ton. GAs tho frst discoy.
erer of the good eject Of blue light upon
tha pstsoEs system l9f man and other
creatpEes. but bis book. vas the first pop.
hlar writing upon the subject, II II ysas
not, indeed, the first published treatise
upon i Of any kind, DR.. Bayard, of New
| Yoreeeitf, pas for q long. time past been
expenhsntlng upon 1he effects of blhe
Light ip ssisk roQnsg, and lately he has
freqdentiy 5treatSd Spatiehte in this way
and cured them.
AS to tho exact effect of tho blue li,tt
the opinions Of. scientific persons differ,
fnd It is too early now TO discuss the;sub:
jeetfroni'R scientific point Of view.n Many
phhysicianes in New York city and else
where are nowsgiying their attention 10
this subject. andthe demand for blue glass
is increasing every day. Indeed there ap-
pears be cutie n little corner in the
Piue glass market. One of the Chicago
hospitals has some of its wards fitted up
with blue window panes and q shin
tnent of one hundred Essas wss made only
the other day from New York to that
eit3, There thel pbysieians ,hage been
9Ndying the effect Of blue light for
tome time past. The matter is under
discussion also in the New York hos
pitals.
| Sunlight paaaes. directly through tho
eolorless slass, having no effect whatever
upon y. but blue glass catches and re.
| tains' heat, and q room lighted by blue
/ panes is said to be warmer than one with
| windows Of ordinary glass. General
| Pleasonton thinks that the blue light i'm
parts curative qualities to the atmos-
phere, therefor, and that it acts upon the
health of the patient in that way, us we'll
as directly upon the nerves.
There are blue lights, alternating with
white. as should always be- the case, in
the windows of the New YORK aauariim,
and it Is said that the fishes upoa whose
tanks this light falls directly are ligelier
and in better health than tho others.
An enthusiastic upholder Of the Pleason-
ton theory, says that tho lamentcd whtsio
would not have lived two days after his
arrival in Now York had it not been for
the blue light, and it is understood that.
| he attributes to the same cause the ab-
9urd satisfaction displayed at all times by
the living hippcpafsmus., { Il Il n.o = -,
That blue glass proved to be sliitable
agent in the raising of litter of mother-
Tess. pigs has been asserted by Plesson-
ton; and gardeners are beginning 70
study the advantages of blue glass in
hothouses. In regard 10 the effect, upon
| the human being, we are told that in
diseases Of the eye It ia very useful.
which appears to hs natural It IL slso
used for all nervous Diseases, Including
| neuralgia and nervous flcadaches.N Gen.
eral Pleasonton tells, i'm a letter to n
| Chicago newspaper, how he cured him.
self by sunbath in blue lighted room
from the effects Of O severe fall froth his
carriage, md how he eonverted his .phy-
sicianteo that he now acknowledgcsft the
merits of blue glass.
! or course the blue glass excitement
will be popular subject for newspaper
ridicue. > Gentlehnen wsm propose to
have pane set in the top of their heads
TO cure badness, and who have had q
pain there for years and wish to have it
removed, have been heard from. Mean.
while people are becoming moro inter-
ested in the subject every day; dealers
are happy, and there, ;s something ne"
to talkl about (which appears to have
In It more substance and interest than
many other topics Of popular conversa-
tion. -,
Testimonial TO the Efficacy of the
| Neg and Remarkable Remedy. /
r From "a Providence, (R., ~ Press.
I A lady wen known in thethfrd ward.
and tho wife of q prominent manufac-
tnrer, has been for three years afflicted
with paralysis, which. deprived her of the
,tse of her limbs. In her helpless state
eho had to be taken bodily to and from
her chair. Various doctors we're con-
suited, exps.imonts with electricity were
4 mados and nothing WAS left patried that
would afford relief. But all efforts of
the medical men were angYailing, their
visits ceased unless specisily urged to
call, and vhile mot wholly abendouinp
4 the case, yes 8kb5 very broadly ihsimntea
that 1t was hopeless TO expect any perma.
4ent benefit from ths iphysiciaf,'s skin.
SO matters stood when the, articles, ON
blue glas5 Appeared I'D these coldnns.
Little attention was ut first given to the
matter, 5utEey, ,yeitetated tateihants, were
made OF the beneficial effects derived
from blue glass sunbaths it was deemed
Of sufficient Importance to give tho mat
ters trial. II no good effects followed,
certainly no injury could result from so
harmless an experiment, while tho theo-
ny Of the efficacy blue glass could bo
satisfassorily teSteds ( Accordihgly the
husband nf the sick lady had The lower
sash Of two of the parlor windows glazed
4 With blue glass in the mannar recon-
4 Ihended' by General PleaGDhSon.? TNe
4 parior fFpnts sopthDp Transit et,and
in the morning the sunlight streams
| throug b the south blue glass ssindow.+
The other is o aide window looking to
the west, and along in the afternoon the
sunlight pours through the blue rlass
| window. 80 that for several hours OF the
] day the patient can at and receive the
sunlight. The husband had not par-
ticle Of confidence in the blue glass tfeo-
l ~ but cheerfally acquiesced In the ar.
pertinent being willing TO go to any ex-
Pense or Inconvenience to have his wife's
healeh festofeagJ About ton days $50 the
4 blue glass arrangement was completed.
end the next succeeding pleasant day,
when the sun waa shining, the experi.
1 Inent'commenced. The lady was carried
! to the ratiof ana iefs sitting In her chair,
Che othery teembers of the family with.
draaIHg,A Fntthe scSufse -, On he,Sri ar.
| sW6se sehe Gully .yRas staFtlsd 81 o noiba h
i inc paTi0T, learning that d lady AM; iiiaii.
1 On from her chalk SOn anterilid tie has-,
4 lor, vhn: vas Their ast5hishmefittto 10 find
that she had actually arisen and walked
across the floor. Strength had returned
70 her limbs, she was able to move her
feet 'aid inih7sdiAtely iuefeduli.y In the
efficacy Of blue glass was banisked from
that house. This was the first siay's ax