THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK 
The value of sunlight on the body was 
known by the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. 
Herodotus mentions it. All the Roman 
Emperors had sun-baths as well as water- 
baths. But for 2,000 years the value of 
sunlight as a creator of health and strength 
has been forgotten. The incredibly stupid 
and immoral doctrine has been taught that 
the body is an unclean thing that must be 
covered up. All of us, in Europe and 
America at least, are still under the dark 
blight of this preposterous delusion. 
The effect of the Ultra-Violet rays on the 
skin is now accurately known. They stimu- 
late the sweat-glands. They dilate the capil- 
laries. They relieve the congestion. They 
increase the Vitamin D of the body—the 
bone-making element. They keep the skin 
active. They increase the power of resistance 
to infection. They reach the blood and 
increase the number of red corpuscles, so that 
it can the more easily destroy the germs of 
disease. They thus destroy bacteria within 
the body. They increase the amount of 
lodine and iron and phosphorus in the body. 
They make high-quality blood, which is the 
main thing in health. They act on the 
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