The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11
Benefits OF Fruit as aDiet.
BY DIR. ASP. wsgtn, ! 8 or CHESTER, s. c.

ByDRAsss. wsyEfE, OF CHESTER, s. c.
=, IN early life i contracted q passion for the
cultivation off fruit which has been OCCASION
alIy source, of pleasure and recreation to me
ever since; but owing to, an, arduous profession,
and q residence ON 8 'pipe.clay sol; the most
uI,fagoraijle to the cultivation of fruit my OPP
porsnnties for inaplging this th taste nave been
quite limited. ..,aE.i. sis. !
AS INV profession is that of;aphysician, i
propose to say something inFegafd to the pro
priety of maaingEfrpit apart Of sonr daily Diet
A most perniciens prejudice prevails WITH some
spersnns that fruit is agreat cause OF SICKNESS
during onr summer and <autumnai montns,
when directly the reverse is true, Wnere gooa
ripe fruits faken:with any degree OF modera-
Sion.1 It rs true that green, decayed or badiy
imatdred fruit sometimes causes, diarrhoa N
children OF that persons unaccustomed to a
regular supply may occasionally, when an op-
nortunity occurs, surfeit their stomachs, causing
therebys slight illness; but persons who have
regular supplyaof good fruits, seldom derange
Sheir systems By it. Our ancestors came IRON
the north Of Europe. where the summers are
comparafigely short, and the thermometer
scarcely ever ranges above the temperature OF
eighty degrees and Their vbroughtlWith;t them the
maliier ana customs adapted to that temperate
climate. Now, it is notorious that there is
nothing 8 people adhere to with greater tenacl-
8. Than their accustomed food aad beverages.
We, to this day, generally prefer bacon or other
fat meat as the chief articles OF diet, 9and asa
beverage, whiskey other strcng drink, caring
not so much for culinary vegetables, and rare
ly making. fruit q necessary part of our ordlna-
~ meals. We have consequently suffered the
i,snalty of our edienee TO the laws of eli
nj
SEsases: The French, Italians and Spaniards,
ennirratiine from. q warmer climate, where every
mSli;s composed chiefly of fruit and Vegetables,
andtheir; beverages the slightiwines of their ma
tiygcountry, their descendants still adhere to
the customs of their ancestors to 8 considerable
extent Now. it is d fact we'll known to physi-
clans ofythe South, that, the French, Italian
and Snanish, families suffer much less from the
malignant feyers and hillary diseases, incident
to our hob summers, than the Scotch, English,
Irish audeGernian. q 81 T'z Ha
Irecoilect weH Of haring DR.: Dickson, OF
Charleston, dwell upoI the comparative imnu-
nity of tile French aid Spaniards from the
yellow and other feyersabout Charleston. Mo-
bile and New Orleans. Both theory and the
practical observation If the customs OF the
different climes clearlystablish the truth Ut that
the inhabitants of wan countries require
diet almost entirely difrent from those OF cold
latitndes. The Greenlaler can eat two pounds
of bacon or train oil and drink q. quart of
whiskey daily with immunity whilst the ma
tiyes Of the tropics suhist chiefly upon cooling
acid fruits peculiar to heir climate. In high
Iatitudes. a'fat oily die|is essentially required
to isiipply the carbon, Necessary to generate ani-
NAL heat: but in our log summers, where the
temperature constantlyapproach and some
times even rises !aboY thatfof our bodies, we
require but littsa carbol to develop heat, and
much cooling acid fruig., 1t is most worthy OF
remark; in this place, Dat good ripe fruit con-
tains only from 10 TO- J per cent. OF carbon
the great generator of snimal heat, and chief
constituent of bile-Wilst bacon or Oil con-
tains 66 to 80 per Get. of that material. In
the processof Sailing and curing, meat loses
many Of its most impetant elements, necessa-
nv toithe formation d healthy blood; conse-
ouently.. It is found Tit salt bacon, or other
meat, and bread eve, with the addition OF
sugar and coffee, vii not sustain human LIE
Iongs without the add6on of eother ailments
This has been. thoroughly tested in the navy
and large armies, whes it was sin1practica5le- to
rocure,fruit, fresh n;st, II, or, Vegetables; under
such circumstances, sqrVy,x q disease OF the
blood. inFariablyi madats appearance, defylng
all treatment unless tfsh fruit and vegetables,
nacesssry to the elabeation of perfect blood
ear! be procured Awhenver they, can be OBJ.
tained in sufficient qualities, the disease soon
disappears It is said tat in Europe the low
est population, vi hose dS consists OF Irish pota7
toes or oaten, bread afOs, which donot contain
all theelemeuts of blod in their: proper pro-
portion, have a:nost iierior physical .organl,
zation: being hingej@ted, pot-bellIed and
extremely t ugIy,with heds and faces like some
Of our rice .plantatio on egroes: a reasonable 70
ieducstoh from Whist + i've said is this ,E we
wish our children to squire. q :tns physical
constitution, which appars to be necessary to
the best mental deyelopIent, health and great.
est longevity, we should as; one Of the means
to attain that end. endavor to supply them
deiiy, particularlyin thawarm seasons, with
good ripe fruit. as q partpf their alimept, Tor
without it we cannot expct perfect elabora-
tion of the blood-the 7reat pabulum from
which all our organs andissues are formed.
IT has been truly said ttat mo culture OF in
tellect that does not en1race the culture OF
heslth--no wealth, no moslity, and not even
religion: thas does net emhce the preservation
of the physical system frou all deterioration,
and its cultivation to th hhighest perfection,
willeyer last long. 4 No nsisn for people will
ever preserve theyweight oiinfiuence to- wnicn
they are esnaturahy entitled edlnieng others, With
out manliness of developnnt as the only re-
UaDle l0unudIlOI VI TAuonAAcoo "oo ~N0J
of character" ~,
It would be we'll for thee who think that
there issao necessity for hange in our; Gus
toms, with regard to diet t frecollect that we
are tie most III formed, UNHEALTHY, and short
lived people under the sum- occupying as fine
climate and having as man,of the comforts OF
life within our reach. W cannot compare
with the same class of peop in the south OF
Europe, who make fruit schief component
part of their diet
HOME READ1NG.-One otthe most pleasant
and noblest duties Of the he'd of the family is
To- t furnish % its members with bod reading. Let
GOOD raading 90 into homeland the very at
gsnosnbere gvuu % of that home aeatly but surely
changes. The boys begin tofrow ambitious, to
talk about men, places, booh the. past and the