Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-25

simplest action detect objects the most
complexedly villainous. Your thoughts
become wild and incoherent, your fancy
runs frantic. If you happen to exceed
little, the confusion OF your ideas and
the disorder of your imagination
will become intense. / recollect
on one occasion being persuaded that
my leg was revolving upon its knee as
an axis, and could distinctly feel as well
as hear it strike against and pass
through the shoulder during each reyo-
luton. Any one may make you suffer
agony by simply remsrking that par
ticular limb must be in great pain, and
you catch at every hint thrown out to
you, nurse it and cherish at with fixed
and morbid eagerness that savors
strongly Of insanity. This state is very
dangerous one, especially to a novice,
madness and catalepsy being by no
means uncommon Examinations to it. If
an assembly are under the influence of
the drug, aud single individuals happen
to, cough or laugh, the rest, no matter
how many, are sure to follow his exam.
pie. The generally used restoratives
are wineglassfui of pure lemon juice,
halt dozen cucumbers eaten raw, and
few puffs of the hookah; you may
conceive the state of your unhappy
stomach after the reception of these
remedies. Even without them you gen.
orally suffer from severe indigestion, for,
during the intoxication, the natural
hunger which the hashish produces ex-
cites you to eat supper sufficient for
two days with ordinary circumstances.
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Unheaithiness OF Italy TO Strangers.
1t is said that a greater number Of
travellers die in Italy than in any other
part Of Europe. Intestinal disorders
and malariai fcvers of malignant type
are the most PREVALENT and fatal diseases.
The low, marsAy plains which cover
long area in Southern Italy generate in
the heat Of tropical sun deadly
mlasm, that poisons all who are ex-
posed to it. In addition to this, the
damp and variable climate renders the
entire Southern Peninsula an unwhole-
some place of residence, especially for
inv Aids, during nine months of the
year. The months Of December and
January are the only ones during which
the atmosphere is sufficiently free from
zymotic poison for foreigner to dwell
safely !t Naples. The sudden changes
of temp erature increase the insalubrity
OF the city The injurious effects of the
tickle climate are manifest in numerous
cases Of pneumonia and pleurisy among
the native population.
The climate of Florence, contrary to
the general opinion, is decidedly un-
healthy. In the winter, the cold north
ern gales, suddenly sweeping down from
the Apennines, lower the temperature
on the instant many degrees. A warm
sunny morning tempts the stranger into
the street; but, before noon, pene-
trating wind, that bears the peculiar
chill brought from snowy regions, des-
cends upon the city, and transforms the
mildness Of May into the coolLess Of
February. Such abrupt and extreme
exchanges induce bronchial and in
testinal troubles that are serious
calamities to the traveller The inces-
SAINT round of sightseeing in which
most strangers indulge greatly ex-
hances the liability to these diseases.
Galleries. and churches, and palaces,
which from the chief points of interest,
are dangerously cold and damp, and the
seeds Of pulmonary rheumatic com
plants Turk in every corner Many an
illness that has brought its victim to the
grave has been contracted in the hours
spent in these unwh6lesome places.
The climate of Rome is more euuable
than that of either Naples or Florence,
but the malaria that loads the atmos-
phere at most seasons of the year puts
the health Of the transient inhabitants
in constant peril. The mararial fever |
known as the Roman fever, is probably |
the most fatal form of miasmatic dis.
ease. The Italian Legislature. which
holds its sessions in Rome. annually |
lose several of its members from this |
malady. The number of Americans
and other foreigners who every wear
perish of it, in Rome or elsewhere is
very great. The months of December
January and February are most exempt
from malaria; yet within this period |
the utmost care should be exercised 10 |
maintain regular and healthtul habits of
living. The stranger should rigidly ad- |
here to his established customs with re-
gard to diet--avoiding, above all. the
light Roman breakfast of roll and cof |
fee and the late, heavy dinner, In visit
ing churches and palaces, heavy wrap
should be carried to protect one, on en-
tering, from the damp and chilly atmos-
phere.