The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
VIEW CONSUMPTION CURE
,ocroR.s INVESTIGATIONS AND
D1scoyERIEs WITH VIOLET RAYS.

,ton-Regan Experiments on Tubes
of ,Iicrobes-WOnderf Effects on
s.,1,bits. a Pig, Chicken and "a
v,,.--Then Found the Cure Equal
u, successful on Patients-The
~.octor's Explanation of the Treat
ment.
New York Aug 11.-Dr. J. Mount-Bley-
,- ,f New York, a well known specialist
o, ling and throat diseases, says he has
discovered new cure for consumption
md other diseases which any person may
mt 10 practical test. 1t is an outcome of
The discovery of x-rays. Roughly speak
inr this new treatment is gwen by eX-
tract.ng the ultraviolet and other rays
rom sunlight and showering them over
the human body. This is done by means
of GLASS houses which look ike hothouses,
ont which have variously colored panes of
Glass in the roof DR.. Mount-Bieyer has
rrovel the efficacy of the treatment by
4 svD.rnents on animals, birds and human
beings He has achieved startling results.
He IS about TO erect a big hospital, made
entirely with glass top and sides, near
bertv n Y. This is for those patients
WAC can afford to spend time in a SAM
tarium. bat he says that any person can
construct a chromatic glass apparatus in
heir own home by following his instruc-
tons Us printed below
In addition to extracting the therapeutic
rroperties from sunlight, DR.. Mount-Bley-
esr also produces rays of colored light from
vacuum tubes, which he finds have almost
the same value as therapeutic agents He
uulzes these rays by means of an cleo
trical cabinet This cabinet is fitted up
VITA vacuum tubes and mirrors, and an
szone apparatus is also operated in con-
necnou with it, so that even at night
r4tient can be treated just as though the
sun were shining. For some cases the
cabinet is better than the ordinary sun
light
one Of the remarkable results of this
treatment is the recovery of one of the
British soldiers who was with Gordon in
aAe kh8rtoum expedition. This man was
dying of consumption before he took the
treatment He could not walk without the
aid of a stick, ard il was impossible for
him TO walk upstairs without resting sew
eral times. OF course, part of his lungs
were gone. hut apparently the progress of
the disease has been stopped, so that he
is able now to attend to his business, and
IS .o5k.ug forward 10 a comparatively long
Ice SO Of life.
Or. Mouut-Bleyer has been coping with
eha col0red glass problem for years. He
says it is not an outcome of the cd blue
glass craze, that all colors have their Their
apeItic properties. Sunlight he says, is
he great curative agent Of the world. He
Was attracted to the work even before the
4 JniCd states Depar tment of Agriculture
Of Washington made eXhausl i've expert
ments upon the effect of actlnic rays from
electric arc lights upon growing plants. 1t
was found by the doctor and those of the
A Agricultural Department that in nearly
every case plants growing under VariOusly
mlored rays and glass We're stimulated
Hore than the plants which were exposed
10 ordinary sunlight. DR.. Bleyer wondered
the same effect could not be produced
upon ANNALS as upon plants. He started
70 experiment with some of the lower
forms of animal life of The microbe char
ac'er. These he cultivated in test tubes.
n Tie test tubes he placed in varously col
0ed glass boxes and thus exposed them
@ sunlight He obtained a wonderful eX-
Narration of growth. Then he began ex-
permenuns upon larger animals. He con-
suucled chicken coops, pig sites, and dog
uoAts OF coiored glass. Some of these We're
mace OF blue glass, some violet, some red,
some yellow. The various colors produced
,aHous effects, but the violet was of the
most beneficial value.
luL instance, young pig was placed In
sy winch had been covered with violet
sass Top and sides. Screen doors were
paced IN the ends so that a good circuIa-
uoh OF air could be obtained When the
pls was placed in the enclosure it was
s"hly and about TO die. EXCEPT for its
Sonhhement, its life went on precisely as
pelore put under the violet rays it thrived
wonderfully. 1t got well and gained thir-
pounds in two weeks. 1t was not fed
more IMAM the other pigs, which preserved
Tue normal rate of growth.
A'ulVst the same effect was obtained up
o4 young spring chicken. This chicken
"a9 dhaemlc; it was suffering from gem
odl IMpoVerishment of blood 1t seemed
rSapy 70 die 1t was placed in a coop
. lh,'"J OF violet glass, and not only got well,
SI' became very fat and outstripped the
.aeE chickens which had been treated in
/ shormal manner.
Dutns the course of his experiments
~, bIeyer found a mongrel cur on the
l'SSts' Ihis dog had skin disease SO
ts mat no one ordinarily would go near
Il A. -T' dlohe take 1t in. He arranged a
49, ouse with colored glass top and
49, "uu drove the eur into it. The
Stause was marvellous. The skin troubIe
fr.r N~i''NASs t4lG Jug grew IdI, ana
ton an outcast became a well-groomed,
ia'"NSoule animal. The experimenter also
uldted rabbits with the germs of tuber-
sS'osis' lie allowed the disease to go to
trsa au1 dAeed stage, them without any other
lament, he placed some of the rabbits in
wren with glass top and sides. Those
b a,oL We're exposed to the colored sunlight.
~ entirely well Those which were
ro}. 90 exposed died. He also inoculated
tb S9ulls with streptoeoccus germs, and al
toI ISL lhls ordinarily would have been IA
or .g' 'hey were enabled to throw them
light 'e' eNpOseu 10 coiored sun
Dr "y I' facts having been well established.
NJ Lieyer began to experiment on men.
O"se OF the British soldier mentioned
bgt IS perhaps, the most remarkable
v,o,l Ie mas obtained some other really
trI,IIul results. The simplicity of the
MAJ "'.'.eHt and the fact that any person
ss1, Neat MIN or herself at almost no cost.
jegit tis 70 be a sufficient guarantee of the
ro 5.t'llacy of the system. DR.. Blever is
INV, 1rranSing for the construction of an
{, III use chrom ray soiarium. as he calls
Wv York city, and one near Liberty.
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