The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
The Blue.Glass Cure-SOme Practical
Tests.


A New York correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune writes as follows of the
tests he has made of Gen. Pleasanton's
blue-glass cure:
A lady of my family, about six weeks
ago, had very violent hemorrhage of
the lungs, and for ten days raised more
or less blood daily. She was very much
weakened by the loss of blood and con-
siderably frightened withal. obtained
some blue glass and placed it in the win
dow where she was in the habit of sitting,
the blue glass constituting one-half OF
the lower sash of the window. The lady
sat daily in the associated lights, allow
ing the blue rays especially to fall upon
the nerves of the back of the neck for
about an hour a day. The second day
the suns rays being unusually strong,
she got too much blue glass;" and at
night felt peculiar sensations in the back
of the neck, among the nerves, and an
unpleasant fullness in the head. The
sensations wore off next day, and since
then she has not remained so long at a
time under the blue glass
But from the first she began to grow
stronger, her face soon gained its natural
fullness, and in week she was, to all ap-
pearances, as we'll as ever. OF course
she was not cured of the trouble in her
lungs in SO short time, but soreness in
the chest has passed away, and she begins
to feel we'll again. After sitting in the
associated light for week large num-
Der of red pimples came out onh er neck
and shoulders, an indication that the
treatment was bringing out to the surface
the humors of the blood. In letter to
me General Pleasanton says: 81 am sat-
isfied that if this treatment shall be con-
tinued through the winter and spring
any tuberculous development that may
exist in the lungs will be arrested, its pus
absorbed into the circulation, and then
thrown off from the blood in the excre.
tions Gas has occurred already in the
spots on the BODY, the wounds of the
tubercles will be cicatrized and the
lady restored to a condition of good
health"
In the same letter General Pleasanton
relates an agreeable incident which &C.
Cured to him but few weeks since. A
lady and her daughter called to see him,
and announced that they had come from
Corning, New York, to Philadelphia for
the express purpose of thanking him for
saving the daughters life. Four years
ago she was afflicted with violent attack
of. spinal meningitis. Her sufierings
were indescribable but continuous.
Every conceivable remedy had been re-
sorted to during these four years, but
the patient received no benefit. Her
nervous system at last became so dis.
ordered that the slightest sound or the
most gentle agitation of the air threw
her into the most agonizing suffering.
She wasted away in flesh, could not
sleep at night, had no appetite, and her
life was despaired of. Hearing of Gen
eral Pleasanton's discovery in associated
lights, her parents determined to try it.
A bay window was fitted with alternate
panes of blue and plain glass, and the
young lady sat daily in the light which
streamed through them. Her physicians
of course, laughed at the idea, pro
nounced the whole thing humbug, ETC.
as is the habit of professional gentlemen
whenever any new idea is preached
The physician was dismissed, and the
young lady relied wholly upon the blue
glass treatment for her restoration tC
health. The lady says that on entering
the room thus lighted the pains from
which she was suffering almost immedi
ately ceased. Then would return in 9
modified form on leaving the room, but
grew less from day to day. Very soon
her condition began to improve, her ap
petite returned, and with it her strength
she began to gain flesh, her sleeplessnes:
disappeared, and, in short, she was
speedily restored to health.
A singular feature of this young lady's
case was that her hair all came out and
she became as bald as an egg. Her ply.
sicians examined the scalp with micro
scope and declared that there were nc
roots of hair remaining, and that, conse'
quently, she would never again have q
natural head Of hair. Under the blue
glass treatment, however, the hair did
begin to grow, and the young lady dis
caTded her wig, and when she called
upon General Pleasanton she showed
him luxuriant growth of hair, which
any young lady might envy.
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