New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-26
CLIMATE AND WEAK LUNGS,
BEFORE YOU GO.
A FAMILIAR LETTER OF ADvICE-sEAsONABLE
AND SENSIBLE.

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urged you year ago to shun the rigors OF Win
ter and although you had the consent Of your ysican
Won refused 20. Then proved that your breast
could not Withstand the frequent wind and seet; your
cough aggravated by every constitutional walk
spte Of your goOshes and your scarf, and finally you
captulaed to the ptess weather, and were housed in
the aggregate for nine weeks Of the season. You have
better than / TO remember the consequences.
Those arrangements Of your system that such
pain for three weeks might have been called compiled
tons of your disorder, but they were directly due TO
your confinement in the house.
Once let your physician that your case Is not too
far advanced To leave h0me then pack mp at once and be
or for by staying home you deliberately stie every
chance OF prolonging days and live only half life
In the artificial warmth of your chamber iou may pos
sby, by OF oak wood logs and good ventIlaton
make a tolerable imitation OF the temperature OF
Florida; but You can't saitwo miles on single tack, as
you may on the St. Johns River; and the scent of a
coogne-botte is poor substitute for the odor of the
pines
Lot nothingshake you, hui be of your temporary
migration. You know very well that my example has
preceded my precept, and that fhange of climate has
been the only thing that has acted beneiciay lspeak
thus positively to you because your ease ia 80 similar to
my own. Your pulmonary trouble has not manifested
itself rapidly, you do not require attendant or nurse
and the doctor says you may go. That's enough.
But IL is not enough merely TO send you away. Not
withstandng your general intelligence, must caution
you against the OF expecting too much from mere
change of climate 1t is good remedial agent, but 1t
VIII not alone suffice to you. II must be aided by
daily your regimen don't shuttle of your usual
good hygienc behavior To be sure, the soft genial
cline to which you will do much to aay the irritable
condition Of your breathing apparatus; but TO gain flesh
and strength must take udcious exercise and give
heed to your clothing In ninety out OF hundred
such as ours my dear Poitrnaire the primary object in
change OF climate should be- liberty OF exercise In
the open air. enjoyment of exercise impossible at
home during the incement season. and, as Il natural
sequence, good appetite.
The next highly important question is TO what class OF
climate you must co. Did it ever occur to you that what
may be III for Peter may not be lit for Paul, although
they both may have pulmonary troubled
You may as well acknowledge that it never entered
your mind Your friends have said to YOU, Porinaire,
why I'm the world don't you 60 to Minnesota They
that Minnesota has the most uniform climate in the
world" Very likely it has. but it seems to me that
residence is the price she demands for cure
And, moreover how could you possibly manage to dner
amid snow-banks four feet deepi
Or they say, "P., why don't you go to Italyi Italy
has lovely climatew SO 1t has, but you must know
that Italy has almost many climates in its bounds IA
there are towns sea-coast and OF them would
baneful you Your friends however never mention
this, because they do not know it and DR.. Epigott
never said a word to you about your temperament
needing Glazing climate Now let me tell you III few
words what ali the veterans III the army Of inyaids
know perfectly WELL but the fresh recruits are mostly in
ignorance OF.
Climate may be divided into two general classes-the
invgorati9g bracng, and the sedative or relaxing
and according TO a mans temperament and the mani
fesatons Of his disease must he be sent to one or the
other know you pretty well. You are OF a nervous
your mucous membrane is dry and irr
table, and sensitive the air passages that
when you are forced breath sharp wind you
are thrown into violent spasms OF coughing mild and
sedatiye climate such Pau Rome or perhaps Tor
quay will give you relief. II you were one OF those
white puffy fellows with loose cough il would be mad
send you to Pau, or to any relaxing or humid
climate. You would go down rapidly. You remember
our friend Tom TrOor, with his white languid WIFE,
she had cough. and was ordered TO a warm climate
Go to Pau Troller thai = heavenly climate Lots Of
English families there; sure sign OF comforts;
churches, clubs, and-everything you need He took
her there found indeed everything but the one thing
she needed-a bracing, stimulating climate Subdued,
depressed she melted away, aud was dead by April.
Nice in the Winter might have saved her. And Under
cliff in the Isle Of Wight during Spring, with its mild
yet tonic climate, might proong the life Of such ID
definitely.
Fortunately for perhaps there are no such marked
varieties in those regions Of warm latitude to which our
doctors ign in America. whole platoon OF put
monary unfortunaes composed Of the highsrung. the
Atomic irritable and the relaxed. all seeking relief
may pass under review Of DR.. EpglO and he may wave
them of to Florida Nassau with tolerabe safety.
For Nassau is said to suit all corners, and Florida,
think possesses climate happily neither too sedative
nor too brscing. But If you determine Europe, you
must pick your way. knowing what your own de
ands and acquainted beforehand with the qualities Of
the different places OF resort.
presume your chief IL to avoid the severity Of
February and March and the treachery of April For so
short All this Florida will your purpose
very well, shall close this letter with few words
about that resort.
For cases ike yours prefer the region of the St
Johns River 10 st. Augustine. Go to jacksonville, or to
any oithe boarding houses in good repute further up
the river and you viii enjoy delicious climate. The
food everywhere will at first strike you with consterna-
ton AS time goes on this shock, slightly ameorated
at first by the hope OF abundant game, will shape itself
into feeling Of calm despair Resign yourself TO potted
butter from New York. and canned vegetables from the
same source The "eary" vegetables that promised
You will be dshed la Barmecide. I you
rously that this is the only way of serving them in
Florida least at the hotels in Jacksonville There is
not dairy farm anywhere TO speak Of, condensed
milk is at all public tables OF course then you
will soon say to yourself, "eimate is the main thing
after ALL and intend to thrive it," Do 10. Take
plenty sunlight and you hardly fail Take wooen
clothes course both light and heavy and the temper
ature and your manner Of life will teach you how
to dress Take three pounds of good black tea with you
for you can't get it there, and Albert biscuit With
these against temporary famine illtemper
depression, or weakness, you may "defy augTy."
You will search In vain for hill ten feet i'll hight, but
You will console yourself for thesabsence Of picturesque
variety by rejecting that the climbing OF hills is
generally bad for weak chests You will daily walk In
the heavy sand drysh0d, through the monoonous and
sweet smelling pine forests You will cut your fingers
when you push through the luxuriant growth OF the
Spanish Bayenet. You will pull sprays Of the wild
yellow iessamne and sniff the delicious fragrance. Now
and then Won will detect the Odor of orange blossoms,
and this be sure to arouse u semi-tropea enthusiasm
which will 20 to raise your spirits and establish