Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-21
where he was then stationed.

where no was then stationed.
The first trial was made by the CUR
geon, who had every alternate pane Of
uncoored glass removed from each Of
two windows in his parlor. and substi-
tu'ed tor them corresponding panes OF
blue glass. A number of plants and
vines of many varieties, potred, were
properly placed in the room, and in
short time began to manifest the effects
of the remarkable influence to which
they had been subjected. Their growth
was rapid, and they increased in the
length of their branches from one
inch and half to three inches, &C.
cording to their species, every twenty
four hours.
The second experiment was made on
the development of the newly-hatcbed
chickens of two broods of the same
variety Matched on the same day. One
of the coops was partly covered with
blue and plain glass; the other coop
was common one. The chickens
were fed at the same time, with equal
quantities of the same feed. Those
under the blue glass soon began to
display the effects Of the stimulating
influence Of the blue and sunlight by
their daily almost visible growth and
increase of activity, far exceeding the
development of the chickens Of the
other brood.
Fairly in 1872 the wife of one of the
gentlemen on the stntion gave birth
prematurely to child weighing only
three and half pounds. 1t was very
feele, possessing but little vitality
The windows of the room in which it
was born and reared were draped with
blue curtains, through which and the
plain glass windows the sunlight en-
tered the room. The tactical system Of
the mother was greatly excited and Sc
cretcd an excessive quantity of milk,
while at the same time the child s ap-
petite was increased to such an extent
that the mother sometimes found it
difficult to satisfy its hunger. The
child grew rapidly, and four months
after its birth weighed twenty-five
pounds, being at the rate of four and
6ve-eighths pounds per month.
Gen. PIeasanton proceeds to relate
the following extraordinary circum-
stances: At the close of the late civil
war be bought couple of mules which
had been in the military service. One
of them was completely deaf, his hear
ing having been destroyed by the noise
of heavy firing. Two or three years
after the General got him the animal
was seized with so violent and acute
rheumatism that he could not walk.
He got great deal better of it, but
| his deafness continued until the spring
of 1874, when he recovered entirely
from both deafness and rheumatism.
Over each of the doors of the stable to
which be had been moved was transom
with panes of blue and colorless glass.
The stall Of this mule was before door
with such transom over it, and the
rising sun cast his light through the
transom on to the neck and back of the
head Of this mule. 10 the afternoon
he threw his light again upon the head
and neck of this mule through the
trsnsom of side door. The effect of
the light upon the animal was the cure
of his rheumtism and the removal of
his deafness; and he is now as healthy
and hearty mule as can be seen any,
where. The removal Of bis deafness
was produced bv an electromagnetic
current evolved by the two lights upon
his auditory nerves and exciting them
to healthy action.