St. Tammany farmer., 1906-03-03

oughly demonstrate the medicinal Of.
fects of the rays Of the sun through
various colored lenses filled with wa
ter; also the effect of sun-magnetized
water when taken internally; and sun
paths under colored glass, singly and
in combinations. A dark blue bottle
when filled with water and placed in
the sun for few hours. and its coz
tents taken inwardly, will have q de-
eldedly and perceptibly different ef-
tect from the water SO served and so
taken from an amber-colored bottle.
Try 1t. Blue, for the nerves, neural
gia aud nervous headache; amber, for
the liver and bilious headache.
Apropos of this: Drugs are affected
beneficially or detrimentally, as the
case may be, according to the color
OF the bottle or packages in which they
are placed. Some medicines are ex-
citants; Others soothing. All drugs
used for the purpose of soothing or
quieting should be kept in blue bottles
or packages; excitants, In red; liver
preparations in amber or yellow, etc.
In discussing this point with a prom
inent Ohio druggist he admitted that
ne lost an entire case of particular
drug soon after it was exposed to the
light. AS long az it was unpacked and
IN the basement, 1t retained its
strength, but when placed upon the
shelves it lost its efficiency. The drug
was in the ordinary white bottle. Had
it been in the proper colored bottle, 1t
could have been exposed to the light
with profit-profit to the medicine and
profit to the dealer.
A Most Trying Color.
Amcng the trying colors, especially
for the eye, is red. I would especially
caution ladies against the wearing of
red wells. Many a case of color blind
ness has resulted N the predominance
Of rec In ones surroundings; for in
stance, red wall paper, red lamp
shades, red curtains.
Purple. however, is the most dan
gerous color there is-in its effect Oh
the brain, through the nerves of the
eye.
Green. ON the other hand, is said to
be the king of colors, and no amount
of it can do you harm. 1t soothes the
whole system and preserves the eye
sight.
What about the blue sky? do not
wish to appear iconoclastic, but scicn-
lists are pretty we'll agreed that the
sky is really white, tinged with green.
II Is only the distance and c1earness
which makes it seem blue.
Red. yellow and blue are the three
elementary colors whose union gives
birth to all the varieties that delight
our eyes. We have proof Of this in
one. of natures most beautiful phe.
nomena-the rainbow. 1t is composed
CT seven colors in which we distin-
guish the red, yellow and blue in all
their purity.
Life is unproductive until the three
united in one bring all things to per-
lection. Plants will blossom into q
bright passion of life under the in
1uence of the red and yellow rays. No
fruit appears. however, without the
added power of the blue ray The red
is the caloric, or healing principle;
yellow the luminous. or light-givlng
principle; while in the blue we have
the power Of actinism, or chemical
action.
Every ray of light bears these three
forms of energy: Heat, light. and
chemical action. These forces can
be separated; heat without light;
light. without heat; chemical action
without heat or light. Unstinted
praise should forever be given to the
late Prof. Neils R. Finsen for his
discovery. and the great boon It has
been and ever will be to mankind.
While the X-ray has done much, the
Finsen ray has done more in the f1ei3
of healing. The former is yet cn
unknown quantity of uncertain action:
the latter, known quantity.