The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-01
DeLand Vousa County Florida Wednesday, September l. $780,

For persons who suffer from bron
, chlal catarrh every winter, nothing
can be recommended more urgentl,
than resort to milder climate fo
several winters. Many localities ar,
suitable tor this purpose, and il
general, those are to be recon
mended which have been found suit
able as winter residences for con
sumptives."* TX
When any condition OF the ali
passages exists calculated to induce
phthlsis, or when a marked predls.
position is present, climatic change
is worthy of consideration. DR.. Do.
bel, consulting physician to the Roy
al Hospital tor Diseases of the
Chest, London, states that, ain -
per cent. OF cases OF cough he mad
analyzed, he found the disease had
been aggravated by fresh colds,
caught either by, one, sudden
changes Of temperature; two, fvgs
and damp air; three, draughts of
cold air; four, getting wet; five,
wet teet."t AT page III, he re-
marks: The tnberculous diathesis
adds trighttully to the perils OF ali
catarrhal affections, ,and will claim our
attention on this account, rather than
cause Of winter cough. When the
constitutional tendency to consump.
tion is at all marked, we shall have
to be constantly on our guard against
the occurrence OF local congestions
and inflammatory attacks OF catarrh,
tor whatever increases the vascular.
ity OF an internal organ in the tuber-
culous diathesis, involves the risk of
Decentralization of the affected part.
And again, when we discover physical
signs of that lung disintegration.
which is one of the serious effects Of
repeated and neglected catarrhal at |
tacks, grave as its importance must |
be allowed to be under the most |
1sSa l;sstle dsss' 81 & lie.
co existence Of a tuberculous predis-
position at once invests it with all
the horrors of advancing consumption
Of the lungs, and will necessitate
change of climate entirely ruled by
this consideration. To prevent the
winter cough from running into con-
will be the first considera-
ton, in the climate as we'll as in
every other form OF our treatment OF
the case" When referring to the
influence of cyclical conditions as
productive Of phthisis, DR.. Smith,
Physician to the Hospital for Dis
eases of the Chest, at Brompton, re-
marks: THE evils Of the season
(winter) will however he the ten>
dency to internal congestion and in.
fammation, the increase of cough
from irritation of pharynx and air
passages, induced by the inhalation
of cold air; the tendency to haemop.
tysis from increased cough, irritabil.
itY OF the mucous membrane and
congestion of the lungs, and def.
cheney of temperature IRON the cold.
If a patient be restricted to al arti,
ficially heated atmosphere, he will
have the evils of dryness, stiffness
and impurity of the air. In select
ing foreign winter and early spring
residence Tor the class OF patients
under consideration, we must seek
for the conditions which enable the
patient to spend his time in the open
air, and such are the temperature,
dryness of the air, aud the violence
OF the winds. Speaking generally,
those climates will be the most suit
able IN which the air is not moist.
the temperature never very high nor
low, but uniformly sustained
TO be COntinued.l