The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-01-19
From the Chester Standard
ADDRESS
D R. A. p. w YLIE


Gentlemen Of the .tishiny Creek Ayri
cuitUrat Society II fully appreciate the
compliment conferred by you IN selecting
me To address you on the science Of Po
im"ogy on th, occasion.
Ny only regrct is that ! am not pre-
pared To- do justice to the subject. In ear
ly HE contracted passion Tor the cult.
valIua ut tru.', whrcI has been ucc iS;Un
ally source OF pleasure and recreation
to me ever s,nce but owing to AN ardu
Gus profession, and a residence on pipe
clay soil, the most unfavorabe 10 the
cn!rivali"n Of trait; NV opportunities f,r
Iu!uIglng iL'> taste have ben quite Ii;nr
trl.
- my profession i that "f physician
! propose To SAY some hing in regard to
tne propre,y OF making fruit q par, Of
oar dailey diet. A most perpicious pre-.
Il,ce prevails with some persons that
truIi i "A great cause Of sickness durinr
orr aSuuhcr and nutumnl M JuthS, when
dtrrc6y the reverse is true where good
ripe frdlt is l,k"u wi'h ANY Lrsrcc uf
IN Dderatiuu. |; is tue Ihat green decay
e! ar badly maturcl trait, sometimes
rSu>"s drvIhnea n children or thnt per
,om- uu ,ryu,lnnrd to u regular supply,
ma, o,caNoallN, when an opportunity
occurs, surlrDt their siumachs, causing
thereby 81 sht illness but persons who
11ave a rcgn'ar supply "f good fruits, sell
dom drru.:" tncr sy.'enJe by il. Oar
nu'rSlurs = ,'nc trum ;hu NuTth Of Europe,
where the Summers ARE comparatively
n. Il I. 4
r,uGe> above the temperature Of eighty
n"gr,es, and they brought with them the
manuory aul cus;oniS adapted {" that
temperate climate. Sow, it is notorlous
III u here is nothing people adhere 20
wIIh greater tenacity than their accus-
toned food and beverages. We TO this
day generally prefer bacon or other fat
meat as tie chief articles Uf diet, and as
II beverage, whiskey or other strong drink
caring Mt So much TOR culinary veseta.
Ile' and rarely making fruit necessary
pert Of our ord nary meals. We have
consequently suffered the penalty of our
d.SObedIenc9 to the laws Of climate, by
short lles from fever and hillary diseases.
The French. Italians aud Spaniards, emf
grazing from a warmer climate, where
every meal is composed chiefly OF fruit
aud vegetables, and their beverages the
light wines Of their native country, lhcir
descendants still adhere To the customs Of
their ancestors u considerable extent.
Now, il il fact we'll known to physiciums
OF the South, that the French. Italian
and Spanish families suffer much less
from the malignant fevers and hillary d,s
eases, incident to our bot summers, than
the Scotch, EnglIsh, Irish and German.
recco!Iect well Of hearing DIR. Dick
son, Of Charleston, dwell upon the com.
parative immunity Of the French and
Spaniards, from the yellow aud other fe.
vers about Charleston. Mobile and New
Orleans Both theory and the practical
observation Of the customs Of the natives
Of different climes, clearly establish tho
truth, that the inhabitants Of warm coun-
,,Ies, require diet almost entirely differ
"rni from those of cold laltudes. The
GreenlaGder can eat two pounds Of bacon
or Train oil, and drink quart Of whiskey
daily with imPanity whilst the natives
Of the tropics suLsis, chiefly upon cooling
acid fruits peculiar 10 their climate. In
h'Su i"bNuuco ~ oi'1 - CsscuNltuN
required, to supply the carbon necessary
to general animal heat but IN our long
summers, where the temperature con.
stantIy approaches and sometimes even
rises abo, e that of our bodies we require
but little carbon TO deyelope heat, and
much cooling acid fruits: IL is most wor
thy of remark in this place, that good
ripe fruit contains only from 10 TO IL per
cent, Of carbon, the great generator Of
animal heat, and Chief constituent of bile
whilst bacon or oil contains 66 TO 80 per
cent, Of that material. Jn the process OF
sailing and caring, meat iooscs many Of
lis most important elements necessary TO
the formation Of healthy blood conse.
quonsIy, j: is found that salt bacon or
other meat, and bread even with tho
addition OF sugar and coffee, will not sus,
Jain human life long without the addition
Of other ailments. This has been tho.
roughly tested in the navy and large ar
mics, where il was impracticable to pro-
cure fruit, fresh meat, or vegetables; un
der such circumstances. scurvy, a disease
OF the blood, invariably makes its appear
ance, defyiag all treatment. unless fresh
fruit and vegetables, neceSsaTy to the