The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-02-13
. THE BLUE.LIGHT CURE.
anton, Its Dlscoverer.

Especial Correspondence OF the World.I
PHILADELPHIA, February 3-At q re
cent call upon General Pleasantnn I
found him very corpulent and affable
old gentleman with SNOWY white hair and
heard. He expressed himself happy to
give me all the information in his pow.
er about the virtues Of blue light. /
asked il he had known Of its influence
upon animal and vegetable life for any
time.
Yes he replied, I've hal blue panes
in my grapery for more. than ten years,
and the action Of the light upon the
plants was really wonde. ful. Those
vines or parts Of vines exposed to the
blue rays attained development won.
dcrfully greater than those Influenced
solely by the ordinary light, and Mr..
Buisi, distinguished florist, has been
very successful In restoring to healthful
vigor numerous plants, apparently dy-
Ing. by the same plan
What is the principle, Generalr
Why, the electro magnetism devel-
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 use7'
"A French glass of dark Mazarine
blue. II is colored with cobalt, the in
grelients OF the glass and the metal be-
ing fused together. - Ia
, What is the method Of appliance-
say, to little girl with curvature Of the
spine2 Il know one so afflicted =
well, il you want an exceedingly
strong light. have whole sash filed
with blue panes and place it immediate,
~ 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 q 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 honr or so. Do that for
several days, and it the, child desires,
give her another bath in the afternoon.
Give her no medicine, allow her to eat
what agrees with her, and am conf
dent that the child will be greatly re-
lieved-I hope entirely cured y
is. it necessary to have an entire sash
of blue panes ? .7. ,
'Oh, NO. Generally half o dozen panes
are sufficient. But then the patient must
move as the sun moves ,sae ;Ye4;.
'lts effect upon your injured back was
astonishing3' 3'sl5,zs ggss.5 lasa ~
very true But it has effected much
more astonishing cures. Only this morn.
ing I received 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 was cured by the blue.light process
is it, then, invariably successful? 2 /,
$50 far, / am happy to say, it is
Are you going to take any Steps Is
secure pecuniary profit from your dis
covery2
Not at all, sir. II people were gold,
to make money out of it, I'd lcharg'
them for license. But its power mus
not be hampered. 1t is SO essentially
cure by Gods unlimited elements that
wish all mankind to participate in d
lbenefit of it All ask is that any on
trying the process shall send me an &C
j count OF its operation and the result
i Whether good or evil, / desire to kno'
the result in all cases. ~ oa.. .....-