740 - PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION I. 
paints the outside red. Again, nearly all our berries turn a 
bright red as the sun is ripening the seeds within them. 
These indications show that the colour used most by sun- 
light to promote growth and health is red. The most 
important indication of all is the colour of our blood. 
That its red colour has some profound significance there is 
no doubt. 
There is a disease called “‘leucocythemia,” in which alarge 
quantity of the red corpuscles become white, and the blood 
gets visibly paler and paler as the disease progresses; and, 
as the blood grows paler, every organ in the body begins 
to suffer, until the patient ultimately dies. In another 
disease, called ‘‘ pernicious anemia,” the red corpuscles dis- 
appear slowly; and, as they diminish in number, the 
patient’s strength grows less, until he dies. Everybody 
knows that sturdy health is denoted by red cheeks and 
ruddy lips, whilst declining health generally pales the 
countenance. Cancer, consumption, and other wasting 
diseases have this effect upon the blood. As we know that 
sunlight can colour fruits, &c., so we know that it has the 
power to produce colour in the blood; and it is most 
important to find out how we can get the best results from 
sunlight for keeping the body healthy, and to cure diseases 
when they exist. 
Dwellings.—In the case of women and children, a great 
part of their time is spent in the house; therefore, to the 
seeker after health, the position and design of the house 
are of the utmost consequence. The position should be 
where the greatest possible amount of sun can be obtained, 
and. the windows should be built so as to admit it. And 
just here, I would point out to fond mothers the absurdity 
of many women, who get a house well situated, with large 
windows, and then spend any amount of money in blinds 
and shutters of various sorts, to keep out the light, because 
it takes the colour out of their carpets and furniture. Well, 
it is simply a choice to be made, whether you will have fine 
furniture and pale unhealthy children, or whether you 
will prefer children to carpets; and it has struck me as 
very significant that the colours which are worst for health 
are the very colours which fade most rapidly. Red and 
allied colours, which favour the sun’s red and heat rays, are 
the very colours which are considered “fast,” whilst blue and 
violet seem to be swept away by the sun’s rays, as a nuisance 
to be obliterated. In furnishing for health, various shades 
of red and white are the colours to be selected. Blinds in 
living-rooms should be limited to white lace curtains, 
