The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
IIENTIST llVENTS
MACHINE TO CURE
DISEASED PEARLS
'clares Precious Gems
sre Organic and Liv-.
ing Beings.
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W YORK, Aug. s.-Ever since
days when Cleopatra caught
ictorious Ceasar in her beau
arms, amused herself with
sooing and wooing of Antony,
vainly tried to vamp Octavian,
future emperor. scientists have
lied the problem of how to re-
q. the original lustre to pearls
:es through some mysterious in
&c have lost IL.
ally II fell to the luck and
y - Of Senior Arnaldo Barsanti,
|of argentina. who six weeks ago
|cars to this city from Buenos
PES and who has just given q
Is Of demonstrations in the
nee Of experts Of the highest
1rity whose results surprised
hose who had the opportunity
seing the precious jewels prior
4 nd after the electro-chemical
tr. stnent to which the patients
Ia. been subjected by the inventor.
Pearls Organic Beings.
After many years of application
Senior Barsanti arrived at the con-
clnsion that we have to look upon
oriental pearls as animated and
organic being and that those which
have lost their color and lustre and
which for this reason are classified
as dead pearls. are nothing but
diseased pearls.
1 In the course of his explanations
Prof. Barsanti said: Oriental
pearls are easily infected by con-
tagion with any OF the human
diseases, and those most dangerous
to the pearls are the diseases of a
specific character"
Mercury Is the greatest enemy Of
the pearl A string of pearls whose
wearers have been subjected to a
mercury treatment. whether ex-
ternal or internal. Is certain to be
Infected to a point where its color
will turn a dark dull shade SINH
lar to that of lead. Even a lack of
light and air will have a sadden-
Ing effect upon pearls and cause
them to lose their color, but they
ran be restored to life by being
worn by a perfectly healthy person.
IL does not matter whether such
person Is a man or woman. There
Is well-known story that CLEOPATRA
on the occasion of one of her opu-
lent repasts, placed cups before her
guests In which an Oriental pearl
was dissolved in vinegar or wine.
rhis Is only one of those legends
which excited the imagination. 1t
deserves no credit whatever. unless
those Oriental pearls were made of
sugar The Oriental pearl not only
resists the action of wine and vine
gar. but even that of nitric acid.
which latter, though 1t will kill the
1earl as a jewel. cannot modify
rs form in the least.
Treat Pearls Separately.
'Senor Barsanti furthermore as
rs that very salutary effect can
be produced upon pearls whose as
pei indicates the beginning of dis
Ease, by separating the infected
per- from the string and treating
u tth soft cloth soaked in chem
ca ~ pure alcohol. The first part
of the procedure tends to avoid an
Infection of the other pearls, and
he purpose of the second Is to
destroy the infectious germ pro-
rided it has not penetrated further
han the surface of the pearl.
1nnumerable diseases attack the
pearl Some of them penetrate the
fery heart of the pearl, and IL such
the case, ii will have to be dag
nosed as very advanced stage.
others. after having been intro
fuced through the pores and hav-
ing pierced a few layers of the su-
perncial matter. will be stopped in
their devastating course through
the resistance of the globules of the
blood or sap of the pearls. The
pearl being an organized entity,
contains a sap whose globules take
up fight against any bacteria
fnding their way into its circula-
on Thus they succeed in neu-
alizing the virus, and, though the
outside may have become lifeless,
the inside of the pearl may remain
intact, just as Is observed with
bose roots which continue to live
Tor thousands of years under the
srth, full of sap and vitality, after
! e trees themselves have died of.
I have been able" continues the
ventor. ito classify all the dis
ses to which the pears are sub
It. according to degrees.
From the first to the fifth de-
se. which includes those infirmi-
which have affected the pearl.
'e cure will be radical; that is to
7ay. complete. In the case of other
egrees an improvement will be
ccomplished. except in advanced
ages. where the putrefaction is
,inplete which excludes cure,
nd thespearls must then be con-
dered dead.
Before subjecting the pearls to
treatment 1 ascertain the de-
zee of their disease. and accord
30 to the resulting classification
roceed with safety and certainty
success. I adapt the cure to the