The Strange Blue Glow That Saved Lives

Back in 1862, soldiers fighting in the American Civil War noticed a strange blue glow on their wounds. It took a couple of High School students to figure out what it was.

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[BrutalToad]

Imagine being on the battlefield and seeing your wound glow blue but not your friend's. "Haha Chris I told you God liked me more"

[guilmon]

Clearly, several of the nurses were clerics.

[TheJaredtheJaredlong]

So the ol' cliche rugged medical advice "Rub some dirt in it" has some scientifically sound legitimacy.

[gabriel]

If my wounds started to glow blue, I dont think I'd take is as good news

[ZefVolk]

Angels are bacteria, it all makes sense now!

[galaxa]

It must be really satisfying to solve a hundred-year-old mystery, even more so when you haven't gotten out of high school. Good on them and their science.

[LordDragox]

"The wounds flowed with red
And now they glow blue
What the heck was this
I wish I knew" - that one atheist soldier...
#Kappa

[concon]

301 VIEWS WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, 2015?!

[tatianatub]

The Strange Blue Glow That Saved Lives

i could have sworn you meant a patronus

[RainAngel]

what I learned from this is, put soil in your wounds.

[nintenster]

i bet the history teacher failed them for arguing with her

[Azurus]

Clearly they had some high level clerics casting "Mass Cure Light Wounds", the explanation in this show is just a poor attempt at explaining divine magic.



For those who don't know what a joke is, I'm not serious and this is actually pretty cool.

[ghiblicat]

I would love to see a picture of the Angel's Glow :\

[Elemarth]

This may be the coolest thing I've learned on SciShow so far.

[justinritchey]

this would explain the faint blue glow of D&D healers.

[AdventureThroughLife]

Pretty damn cool, must have been a weird experience to have back then.

[cpob]

fitting since today is the 151st anniversary of lincoln's assassination

[TheHaloGamer]

Obviously George Lucas already knew this in the late 70s, Bacta Tanks?

[CharlotteWolf]

Would have been cool to have actually SHOWN pictures of p luminescens and their glow, that's the only thing that annoys me about SciShow videos, you guys hardly SHOW what you're talking about or describing. But I guess that's what google is for.

[multiepicness]

Can you please do a video about a video explaining alchemy :D