Year: 1877

in the right arm for six years, and un-
der blue glass had recovered its use. A
resident of Mt Auburn, whose solidity
and credibility are vouched by the men
ton that he is a pork packer, has a
daughter who has been greatly afflicted
with curvature of the spine Under
blue glass she has become free from pain,
and is pronounced by her father to be on
the road to complete restoration.


The reporter found none who gave
counter experiences, buta number who |
were not ready to express themselves |
Drs Whitaker and Long, worthy pro
fessors in the Medical College of Ohio, |
we're interviewed. They gave their
opinions that sunshine and air are very
good, but that Gen. Pleasonton's theory
that the intercepting of six of the seven
rays of the sun by the blue glass would
generate electricity which would be
beneficial has not the slightest scientific
or rational foundation. This is surpris-
ing; for DR. Whitaker was one of the
two who demonstrated on the uncovered
brain of woman that electricity or gal
yanism is the vital principle, and the es
sence which communicates the will of
the brain to the muscular motors. He
beautifully showed that if needle, con-
nected with galvanic battery be thrust
into the right side of woman's brain,
it will cause jerk in her left arm, and
vica versa Here seemed to be meth
cd of generating and applying a force
which would control womanis move
ments


Yet after establishing electricity as
the vital principle on the scientific tasis,
he condemns Gen. Pleasantoa's system,
which seems to us confirmation OF his
own discovery, and of that scientific
progress of medicine in this city, which
has made electricity a very prominent
part of the therapeutics of the regular
medical profession. Can it be that this
is weakness of professional jealousy of
discovery which threatens the doctors
trade? Only little reflection is needed
to show how baseless is this jealousy; for
all the discoveries in the past, which
we're heralded as about to abolish the
physicians occupation, and all the dis
coveries which were heralded as a great
advance of that profession in the healing
art, have alike increased its occupation.
Rational confidence in the resources of
medicine will have no fear of blue glass
DR. Scudder, who attended the case of
spine curvature, takes more profession
al view of blue glass. He said he was
convinced of its remedial powers, has
had it put in his own house, and is pre-
pairing to administer it in his practice,
auxiliary to the other medicines. DR.
Cronk goes beyond DIR Scudder. He
believes that the blue ray is beneficial
in some diseases, the red in others, and
the yellow in others, and 30 on, and that
the theory has but just begun TO expand,
and will be found an immense blessing
to mankind and an aid to the medical
profession. DIR Cronk's intelligent view
brings this invention within the field of
medical science Instead of one uni
versal panacea, to be applied irdiscrim-
inately by the unskillful, it finds in each
of the seven rays remedy for paratic-
ular diseases. This retains the necessity
TO have the doctor to diagnose the dis
ease and to prescribe which raw shall
be administered.


And from the seven primary rays
medical science will go forward to the
numerous combination of two or more
rays to suit the various symptoms; and
where the symptoms are not fully un
ders;ood, to the trying of chance com
binations Of colors at venture, just as
doctors, when they can not make out
the ailment, make a blUnderbuss pre-
scrip'ion of a variety of drugs, leaving
to the disease to assimilate that which
happens to hit. As DR. Cronk says, the
the blue glass theory has but just begun
to expand.


A prominent doctor who has carefully
read Gen Pleasanton's book gave the
reporter the following rules: The glass
should be best French plate and mazar-
inc blue, each pane bordered with clear
glass The greatest force is developed
from the South Pole. More electro
magnetism is developed in clear ar,
with mercury below 80 degrees


Thus does art triumph over nature.
A wise creator has supplied us with sun
light in the rough, containing the seven
primary rays or colors- Taken altOgeth-
er in their crude combination. these
may be beneficial or hurtful, or may
have no influence whatever. Some one
of these rays may be beneficial, while all
the rest are hurtful. A combination of
two or more may suit some tempera-
ments, which would be unfayorably in
fiuenced by all Human art comes in
| 10 finish the Creator rough hewn work
IL dissects the sunlight and takes such
ravs as are good. and throws out the
bad Or, as laid down, by Gen PIeason-
ton. it admits one Of the rays, and inter


cepts the others, leaving them TO i'm


pinge on the glass, striking II at an i'm
mense velocity, and by the friction Of
the impact to create electricity, which
enters into and energies all persons


within its range. Thus Is the crature
finishing up the work Of the Creators
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