The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-11-03
D0l voluSla County, Florida, Wednesday, November 1874

whenever the residents of this Sto+
e, drink pure water and live on dioes.;
ple ana nourlshing food, sickness ~,
broken health will be fonnd - a." ~
g Less than in any State east of t h.
hocky Mountains. Asso MANY dan
. gers lurkln apparently pure water in
l. yailds and strangers should if nossihl @
orink rain water whenever obta;n
| able and in selecting botoI '' u,
, boarding house at any winter resor 81
) strlct enquiry should be made Win
regard to the water: sunnlv" itn
source and quality. "The drsino + ns
ana water supply" remarks SnarEs
page go, "of health resort, are
scarcely, if at all, less important than
us climatic conditions, because if nen
pleareto be poisoned by sewer GAS. or
poisonous sewerage contaminated
they had better stay at home"
Malaria is subject which enters
lnto the discussion of all Southern
cilmes, and we unhesitatinelv assert
that Florida has been misrenresonto !
ID tnls respect. "It is the custom y
manm s,ol Dr.. L I. page q, aof
many persons living at Florida re.
softs' OF the St. Johns river to rem.
resent tor obvious reasons tha,
Iever prevails there the wear ronnJ
and that it is dangerous to resort ~
u at any time. In this manner thew
nave, excited senseless alarm in tbyy
1 1ninas OF those proposing to come to
FLORIDA, and have diverted them ~
otner Southern resorts, TINS in thu
END lnJurlng themselves az well ~
Others" Unprincipled hotel Keen.
CTS ana runners, and the agents Of
stean boat and railroad lines leadinr
TO other localities, aid more ~ laSss
III this fraudulent ATTEMPT to oa;n
p The bugbear, malaria, is
n my humble opinion a yrojifc
-, source OF disease among visitors IL
FLORIDA. By ,nisrepresen X
proved, 3 miles 81 ~ IyeIisiIISrs
IS Ssf ie-:s1 sesGss This is yalul
Ids have been led to believe that the Q
ntire water supply is productive of Il
isease, and as consequence they .
etrain from drinking sufficient U
.uantity of water, or dilute it with Il
'oor whisSey or brandy, to counter 0
ct its bad effects. Interested par u
les have expatiated so much with v
egard to the ar being charged with Il
Malaria In winter, that invalids and 4
PATIENTS become alarmed, and as L
equeDce they daily swallow quinine, !;
nd thereby produce nervous or 1t
functional arrangements. They keep Il
he pure air out OF their rooms, =
breathe al air contaminated with I
heir own breaths and exhalations, !
nd at night assemble in halls and
,arlors and inhale vitiated air poi Il
oned by their own bruaths and the !
dement's resulting from the combus- /
ion OF coal gas and Kerosene. They :
nhale tor hours at time, air charged
With carbolic acid, and shun the pure
light air as they would the emana. Il
ions of the deadly Upas tree Visi. '
ors act imprudently, and as con- ! \
equence, suffer from nervous de-
colds, and diarrh@s, d
which they attribute to malaria or .
he climate, The cause ot slight in.
affecting visitors, is not Z
Malaria, but indulgence at table, Il
hange OF drinking water, eating ex- Il
esslve quantities Of fruit, or The in, }
lalation of air poisoned BY human {
'reaths, or the resultants vi the COM
'ustion OF coal gas and kerosene,
md deficiency Of the pure air that =
benefcent Creator has placed
verywbere within their reach. II Il
isitors would let quinine and arsenl,
al pills alone, control their appetites q
at moderately, inhale plenty OF the d
alubrious air OF the State; and not I
weller Ill heated halls, parlors, and .
nventilated bed rooms, we should !.
ear less OF the bugbear, malaria.
1t various times since 1874, I have ,
avigated the larger streams of this :;
tate, visited the Everglades and -
lake Okeechobee, and almost every u
ay, inlet and river, from Cape Sable u
0 the Suwarnee River, and tor over y
wo months at time, slept in all Il
pen boat, with nothing but a sim =
lie awning stretched over the boats =
Dom, and III no instance did my | :.
or self suffer from mala- Il i
ia or chill. Before became a L