Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-20
CURED BY SUNLIGHT.
VALUE OF the SUNS RAYS A. 4
REMEDIAL AGENT.


VI.
i Sunlight l. almost as indispensable to th
health Of living beings as to plants. IN
effect Of deprivation OF light upon plants
we'll sesn in the pale, long potato sprout
which grow in dark cellars whore potatoe
have boon left during the summer. Tn
sunlight I, requisite TO dsvolor the colorin
matter Of plants and 10 develop sound an
healthy growth. Children and young girl
reared in darkened rooms are pale. fabby
and unhealthy, somewhat resembling tn
potato sprouts which grow in the dark. III
more sunlight plant has, tn. more vigor
GU. healthy and strong il becomes.
Plants which are partly shut out from tn
! sunlight, or beneath the deep shade OF trees
or within hs shade Of buildings. make bu
a feeble and sickly growth. Even frui
which is shut out from tho direct rays Of tn
,uu IS pale in color, and is not so fine in IA
vor N that which IL exposed to the rays Of
the sun. The reidest apples are those grown
in the full blaze Of the sunlight. and tn,
children which have the reddest cheeks and
the hsalthiest bodies are those reared out
doors ia the sunshine.
ESTEEMED BY THE ANCIENTs.
Tue sncients highly esteemed the sunlight
a conducive to hsaita 1t Il related by
Plutarch that when the youthful Alexander
visited Diogenes at Corinth be found thu
Ia nous philosopher lying TRANQUILITY in the
SON The warrior kindly saluted him and
a ked ii he could do anything for him
Only stand little out of my sunshine,
replied DiogensA Diogenes was then three
score and ten, and age made the sunshine
iouLlv dear to him. According to Pliny, il
wa a common practice in Greece for old
mel to recruit their ensrgie, both mental
and physical, by exp Ising themselves nakel
in the sun. Hippocrate' rscoynix,i
cognizel the reviving effects Of warmth
and sunlight on the aged by saying. "Oli
men ara double their age in winter and
younger in summer
The old Romans esteemed tho sunshine.
Pliuy, the elder, employed his leisure hours
after dinner in summer lying in the sun.
Pliny. the younger, at both his country
seats, had gardens thickly borderei with
hodges, where he could walk completely
nude, thus exposing his whole body to the
blazs of the sun. Love OF sunshine was q
marked trait Ct the old Romans. Nearly
all the dwellings were provided on the roofs
OF sorthern walls with balconies or ter
races, where the occupants, sitting or re.
wished Such use of the sunshine is con-
ducive to the preservation OF the health.
ESSENTIAL To DEVELOPMENT.
TIE value Of light in the development of
animal organisms was shown by expert
inent, OF DIR. W. F. Edwards, made many
years ago in France He found that frogs
eggs placed in tho dark were prevented
from developing. and that q tadpole kept in
a dark place, although it attained largo
size, did not change its form. DIR. Hammond
confirmed this result, as he found that while
kept in darkness the transformation Of thu
tadpolo was indefinitely postponed, but
when brought to the light it became
a frog in a few days. Something OF the
same effect 10 produced upon the human
race when deprived of sunlight DR..
Forbes Winslow says: "The total exclusion
OF the SUMS beams induces an impoverished
state OF the blood, muscular debility, drop
steal effusion, softening Of the bones, nerv-
Gus excitability, irritability Of the heart,
loss OF appetite consumption. physical de-
formity, stuntel growth. mental impair
msnt, premature cd age. The offspring Of
those SO unhappily trained ars often de-
weak, and puny, and are disposed
to scrofulou' affections"
Thus it will be seen that q full supply OF
sunlight is needed to secure full develop
mont OF our physical organization An
other writar says: Scare should 10 taken
both in health AMI disease to insure suffl-
cieat amount Of light, AMI it is impossible 10
rear well-formed, strong, and robust chil.
iren unless attention is paid TO tais require
ment Sun-baths, or apartments in which
the solar rays can fall upon the naked body,
are highly advantageous to health, and
rooms for this purpose could EASILY be con-
IN most Of our city houses. Let us
hen, &c use the dying words of Goethe,
have more light
SUNLIGHT CURES DISEASE.
A recent English writer says: "Tne di.
rect rays Of the sun are great remedial and
agents in certain diseases such
Is scrofula, phthisi, ricketts,, etc" Dr.
Warren says: "Seclusion from sunshine is
IN Of the misfortuns' Of our civilizsd life.
Tue same causes which make the potato
'inss white and sickly when grown in dark !
'sllars, operate to produce the pale, sickly |
iris that are reared in our parlors. Ex-
,ose ei:he. to the direct rays Of thu sun AMI |
hey begin to show color, health, and |
trength. One OF The ablest lawyers in our |
,Juntry, victim Of long and harl brain |
ator, came to me year ago. suffering with |
,artial paralysis The right leg and hip |
we're 70 iucel in siz,, with constant pain in |
ie loin He was obliged, in coming up
iairs, to raise tine left foot first on every |
tair, dragging the right oas after it Pale,
eeble, m SCRABBLE. he told me he had boon |
ailing several years, and closed with, Ny |
york is done. At 60 | fini myself worn
,ut'
Il directed him 10 lie down under large
window. AMI to allow the sun to fall upon
very part of his boiy, at first tan minutes |
day. increasing the time until lie could ex-
,oss himself to the direct rays OF the sun q |
ull hour. His habits were not essentially !
Iltered in any other particular. In six
months lie came running up stairs like
'igorous man Of ~, and declared, with |
parking eye, 4 have twenty years more
1 work in me- Ihavs assisted many dys.
'eptics. neuralgia. rheumatic, and hypo-
hondriacal people into health by the sun
ure." Numerous other instances of cures
4 diseases b. exposure to the sunlight
night bs given, but enough has been cited
o show the Importance of sunlight both in |
estoring to health and in maintaining good
ealth