The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-21
PROFESSOR GAMGEE.
Ills Lecture East Night in tho Hall
of the Young Mems Chris
tian Associations
How Climatic Conditions Shift aud
Influence Health with Their
Shifting,

Last night hnre was quito large audlouoa
assembled In The rooms nf TIM Young MEMS
Christian Association far tile PURPOSE ~ hnat
Ing Prof Gnmana. ~ London. % tie auhieo of
the extinction If yellow fewer, Aftar tho usual
introduction the Professor utnoooded 10 mako
ha Discourse ~ follows
rRrF. aAMuEHF tr,rrRH,
The natural history Nc dIaansa promises W
be much enriched hy modern methuda If nna
igail md observation. The crude nul aurntfl-
uial character Of uaat publications. on tho gan
GRAPHICAL distribution If dieoaao may ha ~
counted fnf hT the EaHniF taontha concerning
The influences nF latitude. IF nnl action
and reaction hntwnnn animal nni rlant life ,nf
meanH 10 innraasn n hidhttn apntanlY Ia
hahited reeiona; Of ever growing iapllttiea of
interpuursa: Of rnvnuiioua In turnua al trnnR-
perlation aud nStenei"na # 'nmm"lna; nf.ara
tenia Of agriculture nua hRhita NJ lifn with al
almost Infinite catalogue If other " hunntiul
conditions tending !n modlty. ~ each instant nf
time the relations " man ~ tlia universe
Tho DEVELOPMENT w mntnarnlnplnaI aainneo
the Introduction of thatmnmatrV nnI ohn, poo
Tive methods Of Investigation IN medical ttra,.
Hea afford attlking lnatnneaa ~ Obvious I'm
nrnvnmnnta In the study ~ lanpan nau atnn
and symptoms, FlnEnaa M the pnat hHvn W.
come extinct. plaques NJ tha future. rat
unseen anu nhthnnaht IT. may fnrniah mnfn
rial for future ilangela In tracing thu relation
OF human dnaaleuno OF dnvelopmnnt 10 eur
rounding nHnditiuha,
The records 81 plapnns, which aroan II nYa
terry aud wont down iha Soma way hnin rNln
lions tn tenn nnfRtura ANA human llplrlia I'hn
laws regulating tnmu"ratnra III Eutnpn have
notably altered Vegetation hoe changed The
vine and tho Olivia no tnpct grow nni hnnt
fruit whore they ora white did Glimataa mo
modified over Mi parte rf ihntert liurlal avn fnan
aud as the earth advances Ia mo ~ thu TWO
and character ~ morbid rhen"mana will
change
hYeiIow fever III ito hIants itluairntoa lhla ~
and fell back toita homoin aein nud Africa Mn
iHma Intercourse nsplains the Introduce lon of
yellow fever. The growth IT commerce. and tho
thirst Tor conquest added III tho iai af pnat
Iential dlHeaaas. Tha ahiIlfnl phu builder ami
the intrepii navigator "nl.d rnllaw fny"i inln
asiatance and iie taah naw hofnr" e"iantleta u
IT, meet rna rnpni II
Tho lecturer 'Splalnni tho mass u nlfnum
atannea teudlna I" opualiEa temperatures, tho
cold nMrrenta ~ nit n'n the lunnii'rnf hna
carried Nv thn Gulf stream nriihwarl u
trurlca. and The amount may ~ imagined whom
AT one point Il IA anln IT, fuaa mnint.i pa nnd
cause river Of molten metal 70 Low M mighty
That yellow fnvnr Is lonalt-nd In tho
northern inatnai ~ tho southern hemia
phara ii aranuntai fnr IN ihn rnaIien III tha
thermal equator that vi the on nl tho tiant
cat average hent on nnnh eide nf witch the ten
perature gradually dimiuiahoa toward Tho
poles, The thermal euu ltor Ia thrown Ia tho
north, nnaaea through tho y aaart If sahara
and towaria tho twentieth parallol If north
latitude.
Tho Western and tropianl Atlantic. Nnlltnt
ranean and Had Hon ihp hrt aana " tito
globe. Tho inland eona rrraent tho ni"ai ettik
Ing pantr Hpta to tho Upnn tatdIOn Of tho Naut
Indian OCEAN, Tho Hnt gpaan Hnn terrified tho
followers VI Columbus
Tho lecturer compared lilo Conditions nr
human llFa ia lnutI ANN NJ Hons ltl lnlnn
vnaanla nrn easily rendered uninhRhitRhIn ami
the tropical Atlantic shin faEar y undoubtedly
yellow fever Hya'onlntio inpuirina may ha rnr
sued under The spona nf tho National faaIA
of Health, which Fr,f Gpmsoo Thought Ind
achieved onmnlnta an.aeaa ~ rnllncinf H."
honor. integrity and wlah ~ II American mol |
lnina. The Havana commission mnl only with |