Smyrna times., 1858-10-21

'ne huin1n body human blood must be emplo
Gu ana SO employed, the practice, is in SON
urgent cases not only safe, but forms the so
remedy"
: We should think, from the above. mentione
morse experiment, that man who is an a
Shonid borrow blood from some better-bred fe
low than himself! But here is brief hir
which Is IA confirmation of long. tried experienc
of our own:
eli the stomach has been quiescent for hour
"hlIe the brain has been active, the repulatin
power of the circulation has adapted the sunni
oI Olood to each organ; and no sooner will III
stomach be called upon to exert itself. than a.
abundant supply of blood will instantly be di
rec'ed to it. This simple and beautiful fact il
tue animal economy should warn men agains
The vicious habit Of studying al or shortly afte
meal IS or oil tasklng the brain when the stom
ach Is also tasked.''
The next most interesting point, on which
Sclence just now is giving us new information
Th9 Necessity Of Light&O Health and
Growth.
Thus wisely talks the modern philosopher:
we come now 10 consider the influence Of
lIght upon the human frame, physical and men.
'al, In health and disease, in deyeIoninr tho
perfect icrm OF the adult and in PRESERVING il
from premature decay. We regret to find Tba,
our knowledge on these points is so extremely
limited, aud we are surprised that physicians
ana phys ologlSt should not nave availed them.
se:Vts "t their numerous opportunities. in hos.
pllals, prisons, aud mad d-houses, Of studvInU So
important subject We must grope our wav.
therefore, among general specuations and in
Sulated facts, IN the hope OF arriving at some
positive results; aud we have 10 doubt thatthe
dir"ct influence OF light over the phenomena of
me- VIII Aot be found limited TO the vegetable
Nh9uom ana lie lower races Of the animal
world.
" Man, in his most perfect type, is doubtless
10 De found III the temperate repIOns of the
globe, where the solar influences ofhrbt. heat
-nd chemical rays, are so nicely balanced =
Under the scorchng heat of the tropics. man
cannot call into exercise his highest bowers
The calorifc rays all powerful there, and
asSltude Of body aud immalurity of mind arc
is necessary results; while in the darkness of
he Polar regions the distinctive characters of
'ur species almost disappear, in The absence of
nose solar influences which are SO powerful in
lie organlc world.
II is well knewn TO all who are oblired To
eek tor health in a southern climate, that az
lmpie share OF light Is considered necessary
or It's recovery. In all the hotels and luCging.
lOuSfs Ia France and Italy the apartments with
sOulh exposure are SO earnestly sought for
ma the patient, under the advice Of his physi. |
IAN, strives TO hX himself in these genial To-
nlitles. The salutary effect, however, thus
scrbed To light, might arse from the rrcatel
warmth which accompanies the solar rays but |
ills can hardly be the case in mild climates. or |
indeed in any climate where fixed artificial |
emPeraturc can be easily maintained. Some. |
hing, too, Is doubtless owing TO the cheering |
Hect OF light upon an invalid; but this effect |
not excluded from apartments so situated. |
hat out Of western or a northern window we
ray see the finest scenery Illuminated by the
ll blaze OF a meridian sun.
Whlle our distinguished countryman, Sir
ames WylIe, late physician to the emperor of
lussia, resided in ST. Petersburg, he studied
he effect Of light as curative agent. In the
ospItals OF that city there were apartments en-
rely without light; and upon comparing the
umber OF patients who left these apartments
ured, he found that they were only one fourth
ne number OF those who went out cured from
roPerly lighted rooms. In this case the cura-
We agency could not reasonably be ascrlbed
Ither TO the superior warmth or ventilation of
he well-lighted apartments, because in all such
Ospltas the introduction of fresh air is spe.
al object Of attention, aud the heating of tie
ards without windows is not difficult to ac.
,mplish.
" But though the records of our great hospi.
is may not assist us in our present InGniry. We,
cts, sufficiently authentic and instructive, NAV
gathered from various quarters In the wears
cholera, when thus frightful disease nearly
'cImated The population of some of the prin.
pal cities IN the world, it was invariably found
at the deaths were numerous in narrow
reefs aud northern exposures, where the salu.
ry beams OF light aud actinism had seldom
ed their benehcIal influences. The resistless
'ldemic found an easy prey among a people
hose physical organization had not been ma ;
red under those benign Influences of solar
dldtlon which shed health and happiness over
lr fertile plains, our open valleys, and those q
ountan hides and elevated pateaus where
an is permitted to breathe in the brighter re- a
IONS OF the atmosphere.
d" Had VIZ the means of investigating the his.
ry OF dungeon life--Of those noble martvrs {
hom ecclesiastical and political tyranny have I
injured IN darkness--Or Of those wicked men G
HON law and justice have rendered it indis- t
'hsaDIe to separate from their species, we b
lould find many examples of the terrible eff. 9
cts which have been eDgendered by the ex-
uslon OF ull those influences which we have &
lown to be necessary for the nutrition and de- 1
slopment, not only Of plants, but of many of /
ie lower animals. a
"Dr. Edwards, whose experiments on ami. I
ais we have already referred 10, applies 10 s
an the principles which he deduced from :
lem and he maintains even, that in climates
WHICH nudity is not incompatible with health,
le exposure of the whole surface of the body I
} light will be'very favorable To the regular i
information of the body 10 support Of this {
pnion, hg quotes a remarkable passage from I
aron lIurhboIt's Voyage TO the Equa torial
egions Of the Globe,' in which be is speaking
the people called Chaymas 49, Both men q
nd women,' he says, 'are very muscular; their
rms are feshy and rounded. II is needless to
id. that j have not seen single individual {