Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-10


i 1~g"aser, ls proved by aa accumulation Of %
. oehoe when 1t is impossible 10 resist IT
@ proved by ofitial medical reports mqae FRI,
mfyffoWf fry HisffiH IN HE BsHfffspia Ryfin
q psvt'7 n tssatfy sgbs,, ysafs, and II il s'ta.
|. teh ny The branimotts sentiment If tItess tiist
: zeal Officers who have served lYrFsst In N
: war and bad most experiences in tfis alssase
, Ut The country.
II ia suggested ii sspianafioh dfthts far,
Hfe 'eFhttatt vegetation wliiriti IN Tie s1pth
efh anu Mtddis States, passes through al
me stages ~ dstoi't POSITION, ia in East Fleri
ga df'ea ". before it reaches the pf,ityafae
i've stage IF Fermentation and that gonss
q"'ntlY tha quantity If miasm4' generated Il
mhet iess tbai IN climates more fhy,fahle IL
accompanying Tbs view IL stfarE hens,
~ TIC facts Tint the soil # E4st Ftlnr il ia II
m"zf every whore Of 90 sandy and sf,spyhett
= ch'farisr that moisture Ia seldom lpne 70
,,HihA" on lfs surface thnt i'H atmosphere il
afys oijtidiess. and IN constant motion mud
that there Is much more sunshine than in The
more Northern States.
u This explanation bs correct. it will nna.
BIS hs 10 understand Why those unmstols
Fe'fis'nenfs ~ The peninsula whose medical
i1t'"gtHthY 10 If the mbst nHfaVpFabls aspect
lF"ft Naeasassa. for example) arc, nsgartls,
less, perfectly exempt from all u,isstflafie dis
ease
II is further suggested that tic trs yAisufs
o. asa*hraEzns. aud almost constant motion
OF The atmosphere in East Florida. tsnd go
'huch !" dlft1ss and attenHHts any pplsen
whlef, is generated, that Il will generally pro.
hnfs but the tnildsst fdfats Of miaunatia diaa
ntss. such - intermittent fever. %Iisnes, 1T
Fort Melon, Fort White, and anfaysrabls ps.
siltohs, where miasra IA generated, the dis
ease" resulting from 1t are Esnsrally If The
tnlIdest character, willis The waler.f6t,tsas of
VI 'ryland, Virginia, and Of all the aatitletn
S}af"s, whefe bteesss are less prevalent and
where The paispn is. consequently, more con.
ean'fa'sd, are visited by fsvers Of the most
malignant grade.
Whatever may be its true explanation,
there cat He no doubt Of the fact that mias
niaiio diseases ars less frequent. and when
they DO prevail are of Il much mildef type, oil
ths watefzoonfses Of East Florida than on
these If The Middle and aoiithefn States,
ihs most fatal dissaes which prevailed in
ihs, Florida armies was ehrefte dyssnisty
mid this disease was, M doubt oo6asionsd BY
''nwholssddiH food. impure water, Irregular
'lsa N diet, exsessive fatigue and exposure 10
he weather. as II was rarely met Witt arione
such troops ~ had Hot bseD subjected to those
SausaH.
The comparative miliness Of miasms,ic
diseases which ARE so generally The scourgs
Southern countries ID nst tbs only blessing
which the climate Of East Florlda can
'eastt II cat boast of an almost entire en-
from n large elass Of Diseases which
.rsyail ID II ftightfil extsut IN eur Northern
nd MiIIlr G3tut-. A.. H.. .-a. -
all The various forttie IF tousnmp.
'op, p'enrisy. cough. sors-thrsst, rHsnms-
ism. &c, Consumption, which sWelis mats
any ether disehss The bills Of mortality
, our Northern States, hut raraly ot,9inahes I
! East Florida. Indeed, numerous Northern
,valIds annually resort there for tho ours /
such affections and II il we'll known list
hen they have done so IN time, The climate !
as gehsrally aeted as specific in arrestine Z
lose complaints. There Il probably no eli I
late, moro favorable 10 The generality Of con.
imptive inyalids than tliat Of Tho Interim Of !
Florida. Il ls esteemed, by those tiost /
,mPstent To Judge, for superior, III this res
10 tho cl'niite of Italy, and II is certainly i
Vi interim to that Of Cuha, Il ~ confidently 4
1|Ieved that, as soon ~ lie advantages are h
II, will become The great resort o i
s'pHi MI EHlt9 VI Ih6 bUAf1I EStAfrE4 u
pr, tVsn were lis climate no better than
at Of Cuba, tho gFsa. facility With which il
can be reached, and the cheapness and y
'nfoft Of Il residence thete, viii ensure II a h
s]fstsnes over n remote country, whsts The a
ntandsrs. and habits are foreign, b
bore comforts are few, and where tho 81. il
1psss are great. n
P,latka Ia probably one Of the most ~favora. ia
n rift,, t.,J, ~, FT,, ,.n,u.aI. e. a.... l. .
ring Under pulmonary affections , and il ia +.
that preparations arc aIreBdy be. l.
( made there, on an extensive scale, to At. Fl
n comfortable accommodations u invhlids !.
ring the ensuing fall, Il
Is situated on tho western bank IF "
. st. Johns river, about one hundred miles
nj it, mouth, and il sufficiently remote ~
m tho aea to be protected from The unfa. ~
influence of these damp northeast q,
Of which idvalidA residing Immediately Of
the coast, complain - much. The town a.
situated, immediately On he hi
Of The liver, and invalid5 will find III
SIR delightful recreation IN hunting, fishing, e.
ting, &c, A steamer arrives there rsgn. At
y once Il wsek from Savannah. and requires of
t thjrty-fix hours tn mako The trip Taking 40
pIare ~ in ali, il IL probably superior 10 Ar
w t't -" W. w E'Elh iHdJDlthY " Il
'as t,valIaz who annually Leave the Uniled si
,tHe IN search Of health. Il 10 very proba- ="
thai there are sout cages II pulmonary die W
70 10 which other climates might prove bv
re- beneficial /; but as II IL quite Itupsnsiblej ~
holt personai experience, 10 ascertain Of
icb those llmatos are, and ~ the facility be
'e~,ching i'tIa'ka ls 80 great, II will 10 bat
dent IN NIL travelling invalidg from tbs din
Dt"d States 10 give this phase = sriai before va
y anbIect fhemsel"es to the exposures, III.
risks, aud exbensea II A voyage do
Il torejgn country, whore climate may, ~
.r al, be Iess suitable 10 thsir t5rdltion IL
n that which they have LEFT behind their. re
n my next COMMUNICATION ! shall diaruss Re,
soil Of Fast Florida 4 subject IN which in!
peninsula has been rs little Understood rio
~ much misrepregented an it has been an
to its climate, lam, very respect de-
y.
l.. Il A PHYSICIAN; &c
#. AtsUsrinE, (E F. MAY /, 1884 wi
COUSIN FRANK. sL
BIZ MISS wick. en-
NAV in the rcs, familiar ri h;a .~o,;s;sn IT.