Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-05-08
The Btue-LiDht Cure.
AN INTERVIEW WITH GEN. PLEAsoNToN, ITS
D-sCoyERER.

D'sCoyERER.
Philadelphia Correspondence FEB. 81
of the New York World.
At recent call upon Gen. Pleasonton,
found him very cOrpulent and affable
old gentleman with snow-white hair and
beard. He expressed himself happy to
give me all the information in his power
about the virtues of blue light. | asked
if he had known of its influence upon ami.
mails and vegetable life for any time.
YES" he replied, 1--WE had blue paues
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 wonderfully great
er than those influenced solely by the
ordinary light, and Mr.. BUST, a distin.
guished florist, has been very successful
in restoring to healthiul yigor- numerous
plants, apparently dying, by the same
plan
"What is the principle, General ?"
why, the electro-ma6netism deyel-
oped by the passage of the suns rays
through plain transparent glass, associa-
ted with blue glass possesses wonderful
curative powers"
What kind Of glass do you use?"
"a French glass of dark Mazarino
blue. 1t is colored with cobalt, the In
gradients of the glass and the metal being
fused together"
What is the method Of appliance
say, to little girl with curvature of the
spine? know Of one so afflicted
"Wcll, if you want an exceedingly
strong light, have a 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 inHu-
ence of the blue light. Then, when the
sun is shining seat her on chair, 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 OF
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
relleved-l hope entirely cured.
as it necessary to have an entire sash
of blue panes ?'
ooh, no. Generally half dozen pane:
are sufficient. But then the patient must
move as the sun moves"
Its effect upon your injured back wa:
astonishing ?"
VERY true. But it has effected much
more astonishing cures. Only this NOR
ming received a letter from Cairo, Ill
from lady who had been afflicted with q
dreadful case Of spinal meningitis. She
had been suffering for four years, and wa:
cured by the blue-!ight process
"Is it, then, invariably successful ?'
$50 far, am happy to say it IS"
"Are you going to take any steps tt
secure a pccuniary profit from your dis
coycry?'
"Not at all, sir. people were going
to make money out eli it Id charge theu
for license. But its power must not b,
hampered. 1t is so essentially 4 cure by
Gods unlimited elements that | wish a.
mankind to participate in the benefits o
il. All | ask Is that any one trying til,
process shall send me an account Of it
operations and the result. Whether gooJ
or evil | desire to know the result in al
cases
We'll, then. as | understand It, any
one suffering from i local disease is sim
ply to obtain window paues of dark MAJ
arlnc blue, French the best; place 1t II
front Of ordinary window glass, 50 tina
the light will pass through the blue imme
diateIy upon coming from the ordinary
glass, the diseased part to be directly
exposed to the blue rays. This trea;men
Is particularly oticaclous in all disease
of the spine. Any one trying it is no
at all indebted to you III pecuniary
sense, but Is asked only to send you .
minute description Of the effect PRODUCED
upon their system"
That's it, sir, concise enough to tele
graph"
Thank you, sir"
DR.. SturteCdnt on Breedin1.