The Washington times., 1902-08-08
BLINDNESS Cured BY
COMPRESSED AIR
Success of Baltimore Ply
sician's Recent Invention.
CHICAGO MANS EXPERIENCE
Tells How His Sight Has Been Par
italy Restored by System of "In-
describably Quick, Delicate Massage"
Explanation of Results Achieved.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Aug. 6.-James Con-
er of the Harlem race track. who has
been totally blind for years, is. ac-
cordlng to his statement, in fair way
to have his vision fully restored Al
ready he is able to see a little.
Condor. VINO had been pronounced
hopelessly blind by the worlds most IA
nous oculists. is being treated with an
invention by DR.. Gary. of Baltimore.
son of Judge Gary, Of Maryland. Il
have had twenty-one applications Of
this wonderful new invention" he said.
and the improvement in my sight is
so marked that cannot be mistaken
Objects that before 1 visited DR.. Gary
I could not see at all, can see plainly
now.
Aching Eyes Relieved.
1.-TWO hours about my home or down
town would make my eyes as heavy as IL
had been sitting in a three days card
game before l tried this new Baltimore
remedy. My eyes would simply ache
with WEAKNESS a couple of hours after
1 had finished long night sleep. DR..
Gary has stopped this entirely. He has
cured so or so per cent of all the cases
he has treated, and I believe just as
surely as that l am talking to you that
he will give me back my eyesight."
This is the way that Condor describes
the apparatus and Dr.. Gary's method Of
applying it:
Keynote of the Idea.
Compressed air is the keynote OF the
entire scheme. First there is quarter
horse power battery which runs a small
machine which congresses air. Attached
to this are two long rubber tubes. to the
ends of which are fastened two glass
cups shaped so that they fit down close
over the face and touch the eyeballs.
That's all the apparatus there is.
Now for the treatment itself. The
glass cups I spoke Of are first pressed
against the head at the base of the
brain Then the current is turned on.
of the glass cups and through one Of
them air under considerable pressure is
forced against the head. Through the
other aperture air is drawn in. The glass
is kept close against the flesh. Conse-
quently the parts to which it is applied
are worked back and forth with move
melt something like an indescribably
quick, delicate massage.
Manipulating Air Currents.
"Tfis flesh seems 20 quiver under the
currents of air. The glass cups are kept
on the base of the skull with the air
current on for four minutes. Then
the cups are fitted over the eyeballs
and the same operation is performed on
hem. This sensation is most peculiar.
but the movement is so delicate that it
S not at all painful. The eyeball feels
IS if 1t were being lightly pressed in on
1ne side and drawn out on the other.
which. as a matter OF fact. it is. This
asts for three minutes. 1t is bringing
back my sight.
Stimulant to the Optic Nerves. e
what is the philosophy of it? Well.
he application on the back Of the head
acts as a direct stimulant on the blood
vessels that supply the optic nerves.
Then comes the application upon the
syeball which acts directly upon the
,ptic nerve. 1t produces sort of fric-
ton. as l understand it, on the nerve I.
much farther back than any other
reatment that has ever been tried. II
he nerve is not entirely dead. if there
s a spark of life left in IL, the friction J
ends to dispose OF the atrophy and re-
store it to its normal condition"