The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-02-19
From the Atlantic Monthly for February. |
SUNLIGHT FOR THE CONsUMprIvE
New and Useful Facts Relating to the
Treatment of Invalids

That one OF the best prescriptions we have
made hss been their removal from A north
room 10 sunny south chsmber. As we
write TWO cases come 10 mind, striaipply
illustrative of sens benign influence. We
had been attending, at an orphan asylum. q
girl sbou, twelve years old. who had been
long III OF severe Of typhoid fever. She
was wholly prostrsied. in mind and body, and
emaciated 10 The last degree. Itwss plain
'hat she wss falling inlo that depressed con
di'ion OF nli the powers of lie tha, 50 often
precedes consumption. Day after day we
visited, her. but all recuperative power seem.
ed lost Hale dead and alive, the j,,Is crea.
,ure neither spoke nor moved, and ate only
on compulsion. One day, on cur way to yisi,
her We felt that elastic thrill which The
wsrm roys o: the snn impar, in The early
cool weather OF spring. We involnntarily
'eaPed along, md were inslsntly struck with
the TACT that virtue hsd gone out Of us ,
when we ief, behind us the eungh, and
warmth OF the street and entered The north.
ern chamber. the durmlory OF the orphan n
That ihspir'ing influence the Invalid hid
not experienced in the sligh,es, degree du.
ring the whole Of her sickness ss owing 10
lie peculiar situation, not ray or direct sun.
light had ever entered the chamber. We
we're shocked. and for The fret time consid.
cred the pth OF he- loss, usd our own re-
missDess in regard 10 her The sir of The
room had been pure. the ceilings of the in.
Urinary were lofty, the siienoanis ha j bee
faithful and fagaoious. Nothing seemed
'ackIns, in fact, 10 res'ore health. Yet it did
not come. On the contrary there seetnsd
70 be constant dow B.srd tendency. "A
sun-baih in the warm ra,s OF the delicious
spring day - what she girl needs we in
stantIy said to the sister superior. This LADY
gladly conse nied to the change, placed the
patient ~ another room having q southern
aspect, and consequently flied with sun.
light. The Invalid Immediately recogniz I'd
'"e S""Hee' n"u "sneo' w weak way, to-
have the rur,sirs raised. so as TO let in The
full blszs Of the light. Soon she wanted TO
ri; up, and directed that the essy chair. IN
which she was rropped, should be- 80 placed
as TO allow her face to be exposed 10 The iii
rect rhys Of ibe sun. II vas the natural ten.
iency of disease. seeking for oil i:fe.renova
ling influences. And we have never me,
with so marked or 50 rapid Improvement ss
began in the body and mind oil
he girl. Appetite and strength increased
i'ily. and with them burst forth ugain all
he j,yeusness Of the child's heart.
Another analogous case, which, although
We do not demonstrate BY il the influence Of
he sun alone. we can not lorbesr 10 name I
'ecause BY such examples we impress per.
'aps on the minds Of our readers the reel
rinciples underlying the whole question: -
\ lady aged about thirty, resident in the
orthern part of New Eng and, consulted Us
Or undoub,ed tubercular disease OF The
,ngs. Her house was well SITUATED, and on
ne side toward the south was a small pi,zza
ss;ing on stone steps. which wss rsi.ed two
: three feet above the ground. The win.
y was approaching and rules were 70 be Z
wen. Having full faith IN these divine in. .
fiuences Of pure air and sunlight, We d..
'cted that she should sir on the piazz. every d
" during the winter. unless il was TOO :
ormy. II was so arranged rs to hsut out
e cool AR on three sides. and to sdmit the
W blaze Of sunlight in front. Here, nc. :
riding 20 cur directions, she used 10 sit, .
raped in fure. reading or writing for seye. =
hours each day during she folio wing vic
{. and with most excellent results. She
as directed frequently 10 me ke deep inspI 9
tIons in order TO Gil the lungs with pure |.
=. She was never chilled. because the =
ne feys and her wavm clothing prevented
She never took cold there. On the m
ntrsry, the balmy ipfuence exer,ed upon W
= by her dnily sun aud air bath were soI
aieful; her breathing became 80 muc h &C
Ter after each of the m, that, whenever IN
'rm came, and prevented the resort 10 the :" !"
'zz'. the invalid suffered ia consequence
sreof Whether these remarks will prove
our readers thet want OF sunligh, may be ne
'klight moy be reckoned among,he ca uses cf