New-York tribune., 1875-01-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

g. nnrovement Of health by change Of locality, will
rece,yo severe shock By tho perusa Of this volume.
II IA affirmed by the author with perfect justice tnat
sas, Of the Apennnes and the Maritime Alps there arc
few places on the Mediterranean where diseased per
son can remain with security Tue cold winds from INC
North send o deadly chill 20 the atmosphere purlng
she Autumn aud early part OF Winter the valleys are u
undated by the overflow OF the rivers. Upon ING uio
appearance Of the waters, the luxuriant Vege'"~OH
breeds fatal miasmatc poison, under tne s lon"oH
Of the italian edn. West of the Maritime APPS
a brighter and more genial atmosphere ana nea' ~"
climate Retvoen Genoa aud Nice, for instance 'o0
Sun shines during the Winter months wltn ~ aoS -
cal warmth and as there Is constant e'spo,"VOA
the surface the heat is not oppressive nu' '"o
recion Is liable TO tho sudden attach VI '"o mo"
n,ercng northeast wind, which bioWs iuilous'y no
ne n four days converting the Pheasant sunsnino n'o
,,o Ia and raw weather Of a NewYork March These
inSs preya especially IN the greatly overrated CITY OF
Nice They generally occur in Autumn ana are tne
dread OF every visitor whether sick or we'll The older
ouarer Of the town decidedly unhealthy, full of vii
lainous odor and dcfled with all manner OF flth The
subor refers 10 Of pulmonary consumption In It's
rrst stages which bave been effected by Winters resi-
dence In Nice. but wide experience VIII furnish many
examples OF opposite character The cold ana story
Aays are frequent, and productive OF great deal OF
mischief The night Is not good, and the thermon-
oter often marks difference of 20 between the temper
ature OF day and night. Tie ordinary diherence
throughout the Winter is not less than fifteen degrees
On account Of the cold winds is customary Ior h
valids within doors after four O'CLOCK 10 INC
afternoon. The little town OF M'ntone, ABOUT nIteen
miles from Nice is doubtless improvement on thst
city IL fs situated on beautiful sheltered bay ana
protected from the cold winds by mountain ranges
which eurye around IL on sides But the climate
IA favorable only for three Winter months ana Dron
ehitIs pneumonia and consumption are OF frequent oc
surreDce among the natives. The southern part oI
the Mediterranean, however, is far inferior to the
In hR
December January and February, 1t is compar-
atyey free FROM fever and the weather Is warm ana
agreeable A residence during those months IN some
of the coast may sometimes be OF advantage 10
persons with chronic pulmonary complaints, and
perhaps some other diseases Nevertheless" says the
author, 1--WE would not recommend an invalid TO Visit
anv of in the south of Italy The benefits are
not commensurate with the risk InHammations of the
intestinal canal, aud malaral fevers OF malignant
type, carry of a great mauy unfortunate strangers
Much OF sickness is doubt due to irregularities
and excesses eating, drinking aud Sightseeing The
utter disregard Of every hyglenio rule, displayed by
American travellers no doubt invites disease but yet
this will the fact that greater number
travellers die Italy than In any other part OF Eu-
rope. list Of those who annually die from what Is
usually known Roman fever would startle people as
we'll as convince them that there are more suitable
dyelngpaces for the sick than the south Of Italy"
Pisa has been highly extolled resort for nvalds,
but nothing In fact could be than Its low sitna-
ton on both sides OF tho muddy and sluggish Arno, and
the Aa nsrsby between the city and the sea-
which load the with mOis ure and pestilence
Nor is It less gross 70 consider Naples g0od
Winter resdeuce for consumptve patients. There are
bat two mouths in the year, December and January,
when be visited by the stranger without more or
ess risk Naples indeed Intelligent travellers testify,
OF the climates in Europe for complaints
Of the chest and its sea-air more injurious than the
sea-breeses OF England, which, even in December are
IDild and soft. Even beautiful Florence does
deserve the reputation which 1t enjoys for salu
brious climate The odors the ArnO. disagreea-
bIe little which scarcely deserves the name OF
river, are anything bat agreeable or conducive to
health /" The Apennlnes rise up the north, SOUTH
AVID west but give little shelter valley. In the
the cold northern winds coming over the
snowcapped mountains sweep through the valley, and
snddenly change sunshiDy day TO disagreeablV
cold one This cold wind is very penetrating II has
that peculiar cOdness which sl winds have that blow
ever snowy regions. The natural warmth Of the atmo
sphere 10 the valley also makes this wind more disa-
greeabe and injurious tnan II would otherwise he. You
may 20 Ia the morning and 1nd the sky clear, and
the sun bright and Before noon these winds may
blow down the city, changing the atmosphere at
from the warmth Of May TO the codness OF Feb
ruaty or March. These sudden changes characterize
the climate OF Florence in Winter time. Every invalid
who through necessity choice is compelled to reside
IN Florence in Winter, breads the north wind They
cannot go outOfdoors while 1t lasts, and it as
warmed The old palaces where many visitors
reside are exceedingly cheeress Their thick stone
walls and small deepset windows do not let in enough
warmth sunshine 10 dspel the gloom within" The
climate Of Rome produced equally unfavorabe Inn
preston the author after careful personal exam
iBstiOD. Although IN the month Of November, when
the rainy supposed 10 be terminated, tho
city drenched daily by fierce rainstorms, and the
waters Of Tiber oyer1owed the lands covered
The streets in the lower portions Of the city. The ther
mometer ranged from foryfve TO fifty degrees but IL
felt much colder, especially when the wind from
the north. TIE mean temperature for November during
period Of twelve years 1tyfour degrees; OF jan
nary fOrtysix degrees aud the yearly rainfall is said
20 average thrtyane inches. The climate In Rome n
December January am early part OF February is more
sauable than in either Naples or Florence There
fewer sudden changes. Pulmonary complaints are
sften benefited during the period mentioned But the
atmosphere the modern city and the suburbs toward
the Campagna Is loaded at certain with the
most deadly niasm. Even n the Winter when there is
a comparative immunity from the poison, malarial
feyere are continually occurring Tue P0Dtine marshes,
which occupy the southern part Of the Cdmpagna de
Roma are the source OF the masm. Tue marsby dis
triet was originally about thirty miles long, and varied
from four to eleven miles In breadth 1t is separated
from the seaeoast by a belt OF trees Part OF this
region has reclaimed, and drained at the expense
Of thousands OF lives but the remainder still generates
the deadly mepbitic vapors which make 1t dreaded by
ALL Those who inhabit tho tabe portions only reside
In their dnring the Winter In the Summer they
leave and seek the protection Of the mountains" The
malgny OF the ievers Southern Italy arises from
the fact that the marshes large and under
the heat OF an Italian SUD- out their poisonous
germs in great abundance. 1.-The perDiciOus form Of
rhaarial fever. commonly known as Roman fever, is
probably fatal form o. miasmaric disease In
Tcme and other portions Of Southern Italy it carries of