Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-11-15
Effects Of Sunlight on Health.

Seclusion trom Sunlight is one Of the
the mistortunes OF our civilized modes OF
life. The same cause which makes potato
vines white and sickly when grown n
dark cellars, operates To produce the pale,
sickly girls that are reared In our patlors.
Expose either to the direct rays of the
sun, and ,hey begin sto show color, health
aud strength.
When in London, some years ago, Wis
tied an establishment which had acquired
wide reputation Tor yhe cure of those
diseases in which prootraticn and nervous
der .ngetnent were prominent symptoms.
l soon found the secret # success in the
use made OF sunshine The slate roof had
been removed, and glass one substituted.
The upper story was divided into six eel
small rooms, each one provided with a
lounge, washing apparatus, etc. The pa
tent on entering his apartment, removed
ali bis clothing, and exposed himself to
the direct rays of the sun. Lying on the
lounge, and turning over, from time to
time, each and every part of the body Was
thus exposed to the giving rays OF the
n, Several London physicians caudidIy
confessed to me that many cases, viii b
seemed waiting only for IN shroud, were
galvanized into life and health by this
process.
Many years ago, clergyman, who had
for many years been victim TO dyspep-
STA, and who had earnestly prayed tor
death as q means of escape, came at
length, through the advice Of mutual
friend to consult me l advised the dis
use OF ali medicines, the generous Use OF
cracked wheat and good beet, and much
exposure to the sun. 10 secure the last
mentioned Item, | directed him to build d
close fence, Covering a space OF tweuty
feet square in his garden, and plant the
earth within with 'neIhlg to occupy lis
mind and time Then, when the weather
was warm, shutting Himself in, he was 10
busy himself quite made with the cultlva-
ton of bis vegetables, from ten to sixty
minutes each day, always irdulging in a
thorough bath and vigorous friction be
fore dressing. He was speedily and radi
cally cured.
was practising 'ny profession Buffalo,
New York, during '49 and '51-those
memorable cholera seasons. | saw al
least five cases of cholera on the shady
side OF the street and houses, to one on the
sammy side.
WEo has not read Florence Nightin-
gales observations in the Crimea, III re
gard to typhoid fever, as between ,he
shady and sunny side of the hospitals p
In St Petersburg, the shady side of the
military hospitals was SO VIGOROUSLY IN
favorable TO the sick soldiers, that the
Gar decreed them into dlsuse. ~
The shade trees about our dwellings
have done something TO make our wiz es
pale and feeble. Is it not enough thai our
women should have placed between them
and the great fountain of light and life six
inches tf brick wall, without the addition
OF twenty feet of green leaves? Trees
ought never to stand near enough to our
houses to cast shade upon them and, II
the blinds were removed, and nothing but
curtain within, with which to lessen
On the hottest days the intensity OF the
heat, it would add greatly to the tone OF
cur nerves and our general vigor.
The piazzas which project over the low
er story always makes that inferior TO the
upper story, especially for sleeping pur
poses. | cured during my professional
career, great many cases of rheumatism,
by advising the patients to leave a bed
room shaded by tres or a broad piazza,
and sleep in room and bed which are
constantly dried and purified by the direct
rays of the sun.--Leaois's Journal of Phys
icGl Culture.