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food


asle .qta naon


-for the alleviation or
Full nutrition of the


in the case


cure of


which


bldy is of the


of such diseases
people come to


as those
Florida.


highest importance, and


patients should never sacrifice


to a desire for cheap board;


better to


make almost any other sacrifice.


attributed to the climate are


aspect.


probably due to


If appetite or digestion fail for


Many failures,
error in this re-


lack of inviting or di-


gestible food, and this cannot be obtained,


the invalid


had bet-


ter go North and brave the cold, if he has a comfortable home.
If possible, one should always secure a room into which the sun
shines during a considerable portion of the day, especially the


morning. sun.
beneficial to


Nothing is more cheering, and nothing is more


chronic


invalid


than


sunlight.


trees


should


allowed to intercept the sun's rays.


If too


hot, it


can


be moderated


revivified


by awnings or


by sunshine and


blinds.


light, and


sickly plant


invalid


animal re-


spends equally, if not


so apparently


to their


stimulating in-


luence.


have


banished


tile traditional


heavy and dark-


colored hangings which formerly adorned the bedsteads of the


sick.


Let us equally banish


them


from the


dows of the


sick-chamber, and admit the
to assist our tonics with wh


glorious
iat no arti


light and air of heaven
facial tonic can supply.


us endeavor to


cure


patients of


a prejudice


which


James Johnson aptly terms phoabophobia.


With regard to


the clothing proper for the winter climate


of Florida, it is seldom that the invalid will


want that which


we wear at the North in summer, but rather that suitable for a


moderate winter or late


be sometimes a


Moderately thick clothing will


little oppressive in the middle of the day, but


always
thick (


pleasant
,vercoat


or shawl


morning
.as the


and
case


evening.


A, tolerably


may be, should


always


be taken along


when


one goes


ride, or


in a steamboat, as


the rapid motion creates a draught through the saloons.
woolen clothes should be worn at all times.


Thin


A most


important desideratum


for the


invalid is ooupa-


ion--something to give employment to


both mind and body.


Want of it


stumbling-block to


*i a A. aS La a a -A


improvement and
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