Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-04-13
light and Digestion.
,r DIR. Dlo LEWIS, NJ. D.

Nf DIR. Dl0 LEWIS, NJ d.
Yery intimate relations exist bC
tween the sun and digestion. ID
gestioh and assimilation become
weak and imperfect If the man 0
animal Is not daily exposed to th
directgays Of the sun. Mr.. p, on
of ouf merchants, came TO see IN
about bis stomach. Dyspepsia wa
written all over his face, was show
in his movements, and heard in hi
voice. The conversation betweeI
us was essentially the following:
Mr. P.-"Doctor, if you will ex
cuse d street vulgarity, | am play
ed out | can't digest, l can
work, | have lost my courage,
fear Imust stop"
"Tell me about your diet"
"Ifyou will excuse, know tina
is all fight. have studied the sub
iect, And l know my food is al
rightP
How about your exercise p
II have a little gymnasium in my
stored and exercise an hour or two
everyday I sometimes tire my
self out with these exercises"
"Hbw about your sleep?"
why, Doctor, go to bed every
night.with the chickens. At any
rate, i am always in bed at 9
o'clock, and rise by 6 o'clock in the
morning, take bath, plain break
fast, and go to my counting room.
Once in the forenoon and once in
the afternoon, | exercise in my
gymnasium half an hour or so, but
| am getting worse all the time
Isn't it curious? Ny wife thinks
/ must have a cancer in the stom-
ach. Nothing seems to help me.
l live the most physiological life,
but my digestion grows worse and
worse"
"About your counting-room; is
that light ? is isitsunny2" ?"
"No, that is one nuisance we
have in our store. The store is ev-
cry way pleasant, only that the
counting-room is so dark we have
TO use gas nearly all the time"
"That's it, Mr.. p, that explains
your cancer"
"Of course you don't mean that;
but / suppose it would be better if
5he counting room was sunny"
"Why, Mr.. P, no plant or ami
nal can dijest in the dark Try it.
Plant a potato in your cellar. Now
watch it carefully If there is
title light, that potato will sprout
md try to grow. But surround it
y it'll the best manure, water it, do
he best you can for it, only keep
t in the dark, it cannot digest and
grow. See how slender and pale it
s. Now open a window in anoth
" part of the cellar and notice how
he poor hungry thing will stretch
hat way, Or give the stalk little
wist and see how it will lie down |
t has no strength to raise itself
gain. No matter how much of
he best food and drink you give it,
t can't digest. The process of di-
,estion, the great function of as
imitation, can't go on without the
unshine. Why, sir, with your ex-
client habits, if your counting
DOM were in food Of sunlight,
ou would be better in a week, and
7ell in a month. Mr.. p, did you
yer go into the country late in the
Ofcourse you have been, /
Veil, did you never notice where
rain is growing in orchards that
he part under the trees is
mailer than that outside and away
.om the trees The land is octu-
lily richer there For years the
caves have fallen and decayed, but
Notwithstanding this, the wheat is
My half size and never fills we'll
low, what is the difficulty? The
I'm shines upon it more or less
'es, that is true, but that under the
rees does not receive as much sun.
hine as that away from them
hat which is thus partly in the
hade can't digest so well. Why,
ir, if you will move your count
lg,room up. stairs, in front, and
land where the sun can have
lancc at you, even though it is
My three or four hours day,
on will begin to digest your beef i
etter within three days. Have you
yer noticed that the only grapes
lat become perfectly ripe and
yect, that the only peaches that |
ke on those beautiful red cheeks, /
ID offer that luscious sweetness, 4
e those that are on the outside, n
ltirely uncovered by the leaves 1
ID perfectly exposed to tile sun ?
od's laws are the same in the an h
lal world, It is just as true the il
lly girls with red cheeks and sweet q
eaths, the only girls who become
lily ripe and sweet, are those who d
ptize themselves freely in Gods
orious sunshine. Dent you see Ii
great many pale girls in yonr tf
lre, Girls with a bloodless, half