The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-12

The Litt'e Booklet "Diet for Health
"Iot Th.re be Light"

The doctor - pleased 90 announce that
through the kindness of the author. NE
has been able 10 secure a limited hnm"el
Of comics of the booklet "Diet for Health
which was reviewed i'm The Times April
Goth
The nominal sum Of ten cents will be
charged for each copy 10 pay for PRINT
ing. expressage, and postage. copies may
he secured hy addressiug "Sanitaa.' care
of Tine Times. and enclosing the amount
stated. IL viii be well for those dosir-
ing them TO send at once their names
the number, as was said before, being
limited.
TIE VALUE or LIGHT.
This HAS been spoken oil DeloIe III
these columns.
n ALWAYS strikes the doctor as peculiar
when he enters the sick-rOom. 10 see the
shutters closed, the blinds pulled down.
as though the dread presence had ehleI-
ed .NNhv is it," be wonders. folks
always associate sickness WIN uaiA-
ncss?'
Let there be light" was the command
i'm DAYS of old. il is as strong now as
then. but one would suppose. from the
appearance of the patients chamber that
"a had been changed 10 Let there De
darkness
Time and again has it been demon
strated that sunlight is one OF the most
powerful disinfcctauts. witness THIS quo
tation taken from a hygiene journal.
sunlight is one of the most potent ana
cheapcst agents for the destruction OF
disease bacteria, and it's use for this pun
pose Is 10 Doe remembered ln making pIdc-
tCal hygienic recommendations.
Now, let us quote again from another
source. "A sunbeam IS small ihins.
set 30 has a power TO fade the carpets
and curtains, 10 rot the blinds, ana Tor
this reason some folks carefully exclude
the sunshine. What is the result Inc
family IS always aihus, the young girls
have "a WaXcu, white skin, and weary,
uiuched expression of cOuutenance. Their
appetites fail, they fan into such bad
state Of health that Tie doctor Is called
in. In olden days, he would have snah-
en- has head, perhaps, and friends would
have whispered that dreaded word de-
cline Nowadays. he notes the pale
gums and waNed skin, and says, anal
mia (blOOdlcssncss), prcscrlbea IRON ana
milk. fresh air and exercise, and, often a
change. If DE knows nothing about the
darkened rooms be VIII bee puzzled as TO
why no permanent Improvement mani
TESTS Itself. and. possibly, tAe patient
will seek other advice
Tile doctor las Il patient now who Is
suffering from this self-same anaemia.
and eNeryume be visits her. De has TO
repeat his wearisome formula, please
open the shutters 10 let in some light,
ana how cXasperated he becomes IS only
known 10 those who are continually
counsenmg good and VINO do not have
their advice taken. So, for hcalths sake
"ltt there bee light
HFAnlH. HABITS oF THOMAS IITTERSnN.
This is aiken from letter written by
fUt. ID. fft.f ff D
N interesting m that it, bears ,ut the
statement mat people who use tDeir brains
aud observe ordinary hysicnic care OF
their bodies resist disease ina the first
place; and when they are actually III,
they prOlOng their lives or rccuperate
sooner than do those who live less H.
teuectua lives. Thus. there is given
new force TO the assertion that YOU may
kin @ man with anxiety very quickly, but
IL is difficult TO Kin him with work.
TO the letter. IL live SO much like other
people that l might refer to any ordinary
life as the history of my own. 1 have lly-
ed temperately.s drink the weak
wines only; the ardent wines L cannot
drink, nor do | use ardent spirits OF any
kind malt liquors and cider are nay "a
bile drinks, and my breakfast drink Is tea
or coffee. i have been blest with organs
OF digestion which accept and cOncOct.
without ever murmurng, Whatever the
palate chooses TO consign TO them, and
1 have not yet lost tooth by age.
Il was a hard student until | entered on
the business OF life, the duties OF which
leave no idle time to those indisposed TO
nh them and, now, retired and al the
age Of seVeuty-siX, l am again a hard
student. Indeed, my fondness for reading
and study reyClts me from the drudsery
OF lcttcr-NrIrg and d stff wrist. the
Consequence Cf IN early disiOcatiOn
makes writing slow and painful. devote
10 sleep from five 10 eight hours accord
irg as my company, or the book 1 AIN
reading interests me, end / never 20 10
bed without an hour or a half hours pre-
viOus reading of something moral. where
on 10 ruminate in the intervals OF sleep;
but whether / retire early or Iate, / rise
with the sun / use spectacles at night.
but not necessarily in the day. unless
reading small print. Ny hearing is dis
iirct in particular conversation, but con-
fused wnen several voices cross eacn
other which units me FOR the society Of
the table. / have been so free from ca
tarrhs that l have had one. on an aver
age, but once In eight or ten years
through life. | ascribe this exemption
partly to the habit Of bathing my feet N
cold water every morning Tor sixty years
past. a fever OF more than tWenty-fOur
hours / have not had more than two OF
three times in my life. 4 Periodical
headache has afflicted me occasionally.
orce, perhaps. in six or eight years, for
TWO or three weeks at time, which
now seems to have left me; and except