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cent perished. Had he used the blue glass, the
loss would probably have been nearly nominal.

loss would propaoly nave oeen nearly nominal
HUMAN DISEASES.
The General then proceeds to state remark
able case in which the power Of the associated
blue and sun light was manifested in tlccu OF
human disease,
IN the latter part Of August. 1871, he visited
. physician in Philadelphia, whom he knew, and
found him in great distress because he feared
that he was about to lose Ills wife, who was sui
ferfng from disorders which had batl1ed the skill
OF most eminent physicians. She had great
pains in her head and neck, and IN
the lower part Of her back, could
General asked him VIII. he did not try blue
glass, and the Doctor said that wives would FREE
qusntly reject the advice OF husband, while they
would accept it If offered By any one else. II
Gen. pleasaaton would advise her to use it lc
thought it not unlikely that she would accept.
very miserable, greatly en,aciated. and her voice
feeble. He asked her why she didn't try blue
glass, and she replied that she had tried SO
many things, and had had so many doctors. that
she was out Of conceit of al remedies, Final
ly, however, she consented to try it tho next
day. Six days after tho physician wrote to
Gen. P1easanton that SINCE his wife had been
under the blue glass the hair on her head had
begun to grow, not merely longer, but in places
which were bald new hair was coming out thick
Two days subsequently the General called on
the Doctor to see howltlle experiment succeeded.
His wife entered, and, being asked how the
treatment answered, said it was doing her the
greatest possible good. When she put her
naked foot under the blue light al the pains in
the leg ceased, and the pains in her back We're
less, and there was general improvement in
her health. Three weeks afterward the Doctor
said that the arrangement of. blue and sun light
had been . complete success with his wife. Her
pains had left her, she slept well, her appetite
had returned, and she had already gained much
flesh.
This physician, DR.. s. n. Bcckwith, wrote
letter to Gen. Plcasonton on the subject, in
which he says that be introduced an equal num-
Der Of panes OF clear and blue glass into the
sash, and then his wife exposed to the action OF
these associated lights those portions Of her
person where she had neuralgia: 1n three min
utcs the pains were greatly subdued, and In ten
minutes almost entirely ceased for the time
being, whether in the head, feet, or spine. With
each application Of the sun and blue light bath
relief was given Immediately.
During the autumn of 1871 one Of Ten.
Pleasonton's sons. about q years age, very
vigorous, muscular young man, had a severe
ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM
Of the sc1atic nerve in his left hip and thigh,
from which he had been unable to obtain any
relief. lie tried the associated sun aud blue
light on his neck, spine, and hip. In three
weeks every symptom Of the disorder disap-
pcared, and he has had no return Of 1t since.
In the beginning Of 1873 Mr.. Henry Fl. IIol-
loway, q bookseller in Philadelphia, consulted
illness. She had been confined to her
bed for more than two months with ex-
cruciating puins in head and spine, could
not sleep, was rapidly wasting away, and the
family we're ia despair lest she should die. II
the General thought those sunlight baths would
tried. The General thought they would. The
experiment was tried with the following result:
4 few days after several sun baths were taken
in succession she surprised the entire family BY
were at breakfast. She continued to improve
rapidly, and has now almost regaincd her usual
health. During most Of the time Of her illness
she suffered from an intense pain in the upper
part Of the spine and her head, and the galyanic
bttery had been usea Sa.h H. the hope
this pain materially, and induced profuse per
spiration that relieved the interior organs from
their distractions, which medicines and the
galvanic battery had failed to do. The General
Subsequently snw this lady, who stated to him
baths she had had no perceptible pcrsplration,
but after the third Of them the most copious
perspiration broke out all over her, particular
" in her neck and shoulders. She had called
her daughter to witness 1t, who scrapcd it with
her hands from her neck and shoulders as
groom does from horse that has been hard
driven or ridden in summer.
Mr. Holloway, the gentleman whose mothers
case is giScn above, tried these sun-baths for
rheumatism With WHICH nc was 1fflfcISQ, auQ
after four Of them had no returns of rheuma-
tism, though six months had elapsed, aud he
had been much exposed in stormy weather.
DR.. ROBERT ROHLAND,
distinguished physician Of New York, writes
to Gen, Pleasonton that, in 1872. he exposed a
mnu suffering with severe rheumatism to the
influence Of the blue light through two glass
panes. He felt. after fifteen minutes, much
relieved, and could move about without pains,
but complained OF nasty metallic taste on his
tongue.
Dr.. William n. A[cLaury, Of New York, tried
the blue glass In 1874 on little girl, one month
old, who had q hard-resistfng tunor about the
size Of robins egg in the sub-naxil]ary region
of the left side. lie had it placed in such
position that the RAYS OF light through the blue
glass inpngcd upon it one hour at least each
day. This tumefaction disappeared entirely
within forty days. The child Is developing
and has not known IN hours
sickness or discomfort, its peculiar freedom
from iufantinc ills being attributed by the Doe
tor ut least in some degree to the influence Of
the blue light.
OTHER CASES.
Some time ago the wife Of Maj. Gen. c., Of
the United States Regular Army, told Gen.
P1easonton that one Of her grandchildren, q
little boy about IS months old, had from his
birth had so little use OF his lcgs that he could
neither crawl nor walk, and was apparently so
enfeebled in them that she began to fear the |
.hild was permanently paralyzed. She there |
lore requested the child's mother to send him |
with his two young sisters to play in the entry |