The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-01
For the Marietta Journal
"THE SYLVAN CITY"
A Healthy Home for the Invalid.
NO. IT.


NO. n.
In our former essay, we spoke of
Marietta, Ca, as a home for the in
valid from the fever regions of the
South, as we have no malaria, or
zymotic effluvia in aud about that
lovely little city, consequently. we
are exempt from chills and fever,
and also from typhoid fever. So
dry is our atmosphere that we have
but little pneumonia, bronchitis or
consumption. So pure is our water
that we have but few cases of dys-
EMERY and diarrhea in sumner
Thus it will appear that there is no
place more desirable for the invalid
from the insalubrious regions Of South
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, than
Marietta. We are near enough to
the mountains Of North Georgia to
have climate delightfully."- temper
ed with the cool and gentle breezes
waited through the thickly timbered
country between here and the noun
tains north and north west of this
place, consequently we have none of
the extremes Of summer heat, but
even in September and August, we
may be comfortable ia the shade,
which is not the case in many places
in the same latitude, and not in many
even north of this latitude. In con.
versstion with missionary a short
time since, who told me that he had
Egypt, China, Japan, Paless
tine, Great Britain, Scotland, Ire
land, Germany, France, and nearly
all the States of ths United States of
America, he said that Marietta pres
ssnted the purest and most bland at
mosphere that he had ever breathed
in all his travels. He also remark
ed that it was strange that Northern
inyalids visited Florida, especially
those that had consumption, for said
hs, the atmosphere of Florida was SO
humid that it was quite unpleasant
for him to breathe it.
That is a noteworthy fact; the
air of Florida is very humid, and a
humid air, like that of Massachusetts,
is the most productive of pulmonary
disease, especially of consumption.
The victim of consumption frequent>
ly visits Florida, and to his sad dis
instead of receiving
benefit, soon dies of his disease,
which, by the humidity of the air
he breathss, is aggravated instead of
being mitigated. But to the recom>
mendation of our climate, it may be
stated that quite a number of con-
sumptives from the northern and
north western states have tried this
locality now for several successive
winters, and found it all that cli-
mate can afford towards the cure of
pulmonary disease. A prominent
physician of Utica, New York,
wrote to me for advice in regard to
a suitable place for his brother-in>
law, who had consumption. | ad-
vissd him to send him to Marietta,
Georgia, which he did, and the
young man came Immediately, and
when be arrived, he was much ema>
ciated, had night sweats, and cons
slant cough, and all the dreaded
symptoms of that stealthily destroy
er that carries to the grave its thou
sands of our race every year. He
remained the winter, and in the
spring, was able to return home to
bis business. Many others have
done the same. Some few have sold
their rich farms in the north west,
and settled here for life, and are now
enjoying that great blessing of life =
good health. And we need not won>
der why this locality is favorable to
the recovery of those afflicted with
pulmonary diseases, if we will just
notice its altitude. Marietta is some
twelve hundred and thirty feet above
the level of the Gulf of Mexico, that
gives it very dry and salubrious
atmosphere, one that is most favora-
BILE to the recovery of pulmonary
dileases Many invalids make a
great mistake when they seek the
extreme Southern climate Of Flori>
da or the West Indies, for while
Florida and the West Indies are
quite warm in most Of winter, yet
they are SO flooded with water, that
the air is loaded with vapor all the
winter, consequently the most UNI
suitable for consumptive. A pa
tient with pulmonary disease re-
quires not only moderately warm,
but dry atmosphere to aid his con-
valescence. This fact is we'll known
to all experienced medical men.
Then come to Marietta and be in