Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-16

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"Dyspeptic persons are almost in
variable relieved, owing, in part, to
the character OF food always avail
able. Every variety OF fresh vege-
tables can be had all the year;
are always in the mar
ket; oranges, lemons and lines are
in season during winter and spring;
apricots, nectarines, peaches, and
several varieties OF berries, ripen dur
ing May, June and July, and apples
and grapes are in season until the
orange again ripens. California flour
is unexcelled. Beef, mutton, fish,
the products of the dairy, and many
varieties of game, complete a range
of diet that is within reach OF all.
Intermittent fever never develops
IN Los Angeles county. l speak thus
positively because my experience as
Health Officer of Los Angeles, at
tending physician to the LOS Angeles;
county hospital of 100 beds, as well
as my private practice, justlties me
in the statement. | believe the same
can be said of the other counties indi-
Gated as the health region OF Southern
California. On the other hand, L
have had numerous patients with
ague that have come saturated with
malaria from certain portions OF the
San Joaquin Valley. A short resi-
dence in Los Angeles, assisted by Or
binary treatment, cures them, and a
permanent residence gives them per-
feet immunity.
"rhe great majority of persons
afflicted with asthma can get perma-
nent relief within radius OF sixty
miles OF Los Angeles many have per-
feet immunity in the city or its imme-
date vicinity, but Riverside, sixty
miles east, and Newhall and Raven
ma, thirty miles north, are the most
noted resorts for asthmatlcs, although
| have had some patients that could
live only on the sea-coast.
'sThis is paradise for persons who
have passed the meridian OF life. In
stead of spending the most of their
lives in rooms artificially heated,
they get a new lease of life from the
suns rays, the pure atmosphere and
inspiring surroundings.
"Persons in the condition OF nervous
prostration receive benefit from the
pleasure of outdoor life and the re-
freshing sleep that comes at night.
No matter how warm the day, the
nights are invariably cool enough to
encourage rest. There is something
soothing in the very atmosphere.
"Besides the beneficial effects OF
the climate on chronic rheumatism,
there are great variety OF mineral
springs, hot and cold, that have quite
local reputation, and about which
an interesting volume might be writ
ten.
"In an interesting paper on The
Climatic Treatment OF Phthisis, DIR.
Harold J. Williams says: An idea
health resort for this disease should
be sparsely and newly settled. 1t
should possess pure water supply
and adequate drainage. 1t shonld be
of a dry and porous soil, and should
be favorably situated with respect to
neighboring heights and marshes and
prevailing winds. 1t should be equa-
BILE in temperature, and should pos
sess the maximum OF pleasant wealth
er. 1t should not be so hot as to be
enervating, nor So cold as to prevent
outdoor exercise and proper ventila-
ton of houses. 1t should afford
plenty OF amusement; it should not
be crowded with consumptives, and
it should be sufficiently questionable
to admit OF hygienic dress. =.
"Within a radius OF ten miles OF
Los Angeles all the requirements
mentioned by the distinguished
authority quoted above can be found
in numerous points happily COM
bined.
"My experience has been that the
great majority of patients with con-
sumption do we'll in the immediate
vicinity of Los Angeles, but that the
best place is few miles nearer the
mountains, in attitudes ranging from
1000 to 1000 feet.
whether your patient is to live in
the city or the country, if possible
have him take his family, rent or
build a comfortable cottage, where
he can have pure air uncontaminated
by the proximity OF others suffering
from the same disease, and where he
can have his own flower garden, fruit
trees, and horse to keep him interest
ed out of doors.
"Do not allow your patient to come
rushing home just at the breaking up
of the eastern winter. If he must
come home, let it be from the middle
of May to the middle of June. He
had far better remain during the
summer. A Southern California
summer is just as beneficial and en-
joyable as the winter. Yes, l shall
60 step farther: The summer will
be OF more benefit to your patient
than the winter. Then is when the
even near the coast, is
almost perfectly aseptic. F."