The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-08
Gen. PleasOntOn's Blue.Glass Theory.


AT recent call upon General Pleason-
ton | found him very esfpulent and az
fable 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 animal and vegetable life for any
time. -, -. -
"Yes,p he replied, "Pve 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- tho
blue rays attained a development won
| derfilly greater than those influenced
solely by the ordinary light, and Mr..
Buist, q distinguished florist, has been
very successful in restoring to ,healthlul
vigOr numerous plants, apparently dy-
ing, by the same plan," 49, ..,lr.t.
"What is the principle, General~ =
~" Why, the electromagnetic devel-
eped by the passage of the sums rays
through plain, transparent glass asso-
ciated with blue glass possesses wonder
full curative powers" ~
"What kind of glass do you usei?''
"a French glass of dark Mazarine
blue. 1t is covered with cobalt, the in
gradients, of the glass and the metal be-
ing fused together. ,r,i d. .r., =, 5.,g. ,
"What is the method of appliance
say, to a little girl with curvature of the
spine? / know one so afflicted"
Well, If you want an exceedingly
strong light, have whole sash filled with
the blue panes, and place it Immediately
in front of your ordinary sash. Then
bare the little girls back down to her
hip, 80 as to have the spine exposed to
the influence of the blue light. Then,
when the sun is shining, seat her on a
chair a 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
entirely cured" BON 9fsg spa. III
"Is it necessary to have an entire sash
Of blue panes 2"
"Oh, no generally half dozen
panes are sufficient. But then the
patient must move as the sun moves"
:" Its effect upon your injured back was
astonishing ~
"Very true. But it has effected much
more astonishing cures. Only this
morning received letter from Cairo,
ILL.,, from a lady who had been afflicted
with a dreadful case of spinal meningitis.
She had been suffering for four years,
and was cured by the olue-light process"
SIS it, then, invariably successful %
$50 far, l am happy to say, it is."
. p" Are you going to take any steps to
secure 8. pecuniary profit from your dis
Overy ?" ~ ~
"Not at all, sir. Ifpeople were going
to make money out of it, I'd charge them
for license. But its powers might be
hampered. 1t is so essentially cure by
Gods unlimited elements that wish
all mankind to participate in the benefit
of it. All ask is that any one trying
the process shall send me an account of
its operation and result. Whether good
or evil, l desire to know the result in all
cases." -.e -pr. .,.i.
"Well, then, as l understand it, any
one suffering from local disease is simply
to obtain window-panes of dark Mazarine
blue, French the best; place it in front
of the ordinary plain window-glass, go
that light will pass through the blue inn
mediately upon coming from the ordi-
nary glass, the diseased part to be
exposed TO the blue rays. This
treatment is particularly eficacious in
all diseases of tie spine. Any OF e try
ing it is not at all indebted to you in
a pecuniary sense, but is asked only to
send you a minute description of the
O fect nroducad upon their avstemsO ~