The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without DrugsTyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
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The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
Tyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
Enema; Health; Health -- Popular works; Health promotion; Hygiene
Do not be afraid to let the sunlight penetrate your dwellings,
especially the morning sun. Thrifty housewives are prone to regard the
actions of the sun's rays on their carpets and draperies as disastrous
in the extreme, but its exclusion from their dwelling is far more
disastrous to the health of the inmates. There is, of course, a happy
medium in all things, and, therefore, it is not necessary to have the
sun's rays streaming in through every door and window during the whole
day; but the entire dwelling should be (as far as possible) thrown
open to the vivifying beams of old Sol for a couple of hours in the
morning, which at the same time will thoroughly ventilate the
building. There is more virtue in sunlight than most people are aware
of. Its bactericidal effects are only just beginning to be understood;
but if you desire a healthful dwelling, let God's bright sunshine
freely and frequently penetrate every corner of it.
It is astonishing how few people there are who properly estimate the
hygienic value of the sun's rays. A valuable lesson on this point may
be learned by observing the lower animals, none of which ever neglect
an opportunity to bask in the sun And the nearer man approaches to his
primitive condition the more he is inclined to follow the example of
the animals. It is a natural instinct which civilization has partially
destroyed in the human race.
The effect of sunshine is not merely thermal, to warm. and raise the
heat of the body; its rays have chemical and electric functions. As a
clever physician lately explained, it is more than possible that
sunshine produces vibrations and changes of particles in the deeper
tissues of the body, as effective as those of electricity. Many know
by experience that the relief it affords to wearing pain, neuralgic
and inflammatory, is more effective and lasting than that of any
application whatever.
Those who have faceache should prove it for themselves, sitting in a
sunny window where the warmth falls full on the cheek.
For nervous debility and insomnia the treatment of all others is rest
in sunshine. Draw the bed to the window and let the patient lie in the
sun for hours. There is no tonic like it--provided the good effects are
not neutralized by ill-feeling. To restore a withered arm, a palsied
or rheumatic limb, or to bring a case of nervous prostration up
speedily, a most efficient part of the treatment would be to expose
the limb or the person as many hours to direct sunlight as the day
would afford. With weak lungs let the sun fall on the chest for hours.
If internal tumor or ulceration is suspected, let the sun burn through
the bear skin directly on the point of disease for hours daily. There
will be no doubt left in the mind that there is a curative power in
the chemical rays
of the sun.
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