Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
MEDICAL SCIENCE.


Some Practical Tests of Con. PleasOn-
toms Blue Glass Cure
A New York correspondent of the
'~1nlcago Tribune writes as follows of
tests he has made of Gen. Pleasonton's
blue glass cure:
A lady of my family about
six weeks ago, had 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 considerably frighten-
ed vithal I obtained some blue glass
and placed it in the window where she
glass constituting one half of the lower
sash of the window. The lady sat
daily in the associated lights, allowing
me blue rays to fall especially on the
nerves of the back of the neck for about
an hour q 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. a
But from the first she began to grow
stronger, and her face soon gained its
natural fullness, and in a week she was,
to all appearance, as we'll as ever. OF
course she was not cured of the trouble
in her lungs in SO short time, but the
soreness in her chest has passed away,
and she begins to feel we'll again.
After sitting In the associated light for
week a large number of red pimples
came out on her neck and shoulders,
an indication that the treatment was
bringing out to the surface the humors
of the blood. In letter to me General
Pleasonton says: L am satisfied that if
this treatment shall be continued
through the winter and spring any
.tuberculous development that may
exist in the lungs will be arrested, its
pus absorbed into the circulation, and
excretions las has occurred already in
the spots on the body), the wounds of
the tubercles will be cicatrized and the
lady restored to condition of good
health
In the same letter General Pleason-
ton relates an agreeable incident which
occurred to him but few weeks since.
A lady and her daughter called to see
him, and announced that they had
come from Corning, n. Y, to Philadel-
phla for the express purpose of thank
ing him for saving the daughters life.
Four years ago she was afflicted with
violent attack of spinal meningitis.
Her suferings were indescribable but
continuous. Every conceivable remedy
had been resorted to during these four
years, but the patient received no ben
eft. Her nervous system at last be-
came SO disordered that the slightest
sound or the most gentle agitation of
the air threw her into the most agoniz-
ing suffering. She was wasted away in
flesh, could not sleep at night, had no
appetite, and her life was despaired of.
Hearing of General Pleasonton's dis
covery 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, pronounced
the whole thing humbug,
ETC., as is the habit of pro-
. WACdOfC1 ally
new idea is preached. The physician
was dismissed, and the young lady re-
lied wholly upon the blue-glass treat-
ment for her restoration. to health.
The lady says that on entering the
room thus lighted the pains from which
she was suffering almost Immediately
ceased. Then would return in mod
flied 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 sleepless-
ness 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 physician examined the scalp with
microscope, and declared that there
were no roots of hair remaining, and
that, consequ emily, she would never
again have natural head of hair.
Under the blue-glass treatment, how
ever, the hair did begin to grow, the
young lady discarded her wig, and
when she called upon General Pleason-
ton she showed him a luxuriant growth
of hair, which any young lady might
envy"
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