“Ifindnonsensesingularlyrefreshing，” ， “Laughandgrowfat.” Ifeverybodyknewthepoweroflaughterasahealthtonicandlifeprolonger， thetingeofsadnesswhichnowcloudsourfacewouldlargelydisappear， andmanyphysicianswouldfindtheiroccupationgone.
’sdeviceforexercisingtheinternalorgansandgivinguspleasureatthesametime.
Laughterbeginsinthelungsanddiaphragm， settingtheliver， stomach， andotherinternalorgansintoaquick， jelly-likevibration， whichgivesapleasantsensationandexercise， almostequaltothatofhorsebackriding.
Duringdigestion， ， orwhenyoucachinnatewell， thediaphragmdescendsandgivesthestomachanextrasqueezeandshakesit.
Frequentlaughingsetsthestomachtodancing， ， andsendsthebloodboundingthroughthebody.“Thereisnot，” ， “oneremotestcornerorlittleinletoftheminuteblood-vesselsofthehumanbodythatdoesnotfeelsomewaveletfromtheconvulsionsoccasionedbyagoodheartylaugh.” Inmedicalterms， itstimulatesthevasomotorcenters， ， ， increasestheperspiration， expandsthechest， forcesthepoisonedairfromtheleast-usedlungcells， andtendstorestorethatexquisitepoiseorbalancewhichwecallhealth， ， whichmaybedestroyedbyasleeplessnight， apieceofbadnews， bygrieforanxiety， isoftenwhollyrestoredbyagoodheartylaugh.
Grief，anxiety， ， sour， melancholysoul， alifewhichhasceasedtobelieveinitsownsacredness， itsownpower， itsownmission， alifewhichsinksintoquerulousegotismorvegetatingaimlessness， ， ， asarule， themindhaspowertolengthentheperiodofyouthfulandmaturestrengthandbeauty， preservingandrenewingphysicallifebyastalwartmentalhealth.
Ireadtheotherdayofamaninaneighboringcitywhowasgivenuptodie； hisrelativesweresentfor， ， whocalledtoseehim， ； andtheeffortsorousedhissystemthatherallied， andhewassoonwellagain.
WasitnotShakespearewhosaidthat “alightheartliveslong？”
； andwhenonesetcarriesbadnewstothehead， thenervesreachingthestomachareaffected， indigestioncomeson， andone’； itisacheapmedicine.
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