Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03

ture OF starch and water on n piece OF
glass and place it in such position that
the air from the ocean will blow upon II.
In short time the mixture VIII become
blue, owing to the presence or Iodine.
Now, iodine is one of the most valuable
alternatives that we possess and 1t Is useful
i'm the gastric and Intestinal disorders OF
children, especially cholera infantum, and
chlorosis disease to which women, more
than men, are subject. winds, as
they pass over the surface OF the ocean,
take up it's volatile consti uents, and of
these iodine is one of the chief 1t gets
into the system mainly through the lungs
and also to some extent through the
skin.
As a resort for those who are convalesc-
ing from typhoid fever, dyseutery, diarrh-
tra and other eXhausting diseases, there
is not much to choose between the sea
shore and the mountains. Some, owing
to individual peculiarities, are benefited
more at one place than the other, but TO
great many it is matter OF indifference.
One feature connected with residence
at the seashore is of too much Importance
to be overlooked, and that is sea bathing.
An ocean bath is not only mentally eXhll-
arating, but increases the activity of all
the bodily organs Some part of this eff
feet is doubtless due to the physical effort
required in battling with the surf, but
there is something else which cannot be
no exact KNOWLEDGE. Probably a minute
amount of iodine and of the mineral con
stltuents of sea water enter the system
thi ough the skin and occasionally through
the small quantity of water accidentally
swallowed, but there are probably other
factors which escape our observation. Ger
tain it is that sea water bath taken IN n
fbath tub, even at the ocean side, is very
different thing from plunge into the sc 1
itself
MOSQUITOES AS FACTORS IN HEALTH.
But, rs have said in the beginning, ex.
cept in the special instances mentiOnt Il,
one Ia not likely to 90 wrong whether he
fees TO the mountains or the seaShOre
Frequently the whole question can be de
termined by consideration of various
circumstances involving the likes or dis
likes of the person concerned or his or her
special comfort. The one single matter of
mosquitoes is sufficient factor with many
people, and it is one that If not directly
certainly not very remotely concerns the
health Two or three sleepesS nights
from these pests will upset person of the
most equable temperament aud may con-
stitute the turning point in certain cases
of disease 1t must lie confessed in all
fairness that the seashOre is more favored
than the mountains by these venomous in
Sects. A land breeze at the ocean side not
only causes an interruption in the Cura-
tive influence of sea air, but il almost with
absolute certainty brings mosquitoes with
it, TO be sure there are some places at
the seashore where there are no mosqui-
toes. and where the air, no matter from
what direction it comes, passes over the
ocean, but these are certainly not in the
immediate vicinity of New York, | have
tired them all, and there is not one at
which on many occasions during the sum
mer mosquitoes do not render the nights
hideOus. There are no mosquitoes in the
Catskills, the Green mountains, the White
mountains, the AdirOndacks, the Allie
gneuies, the Blaze Ridge or the mountains
OF Colorado. That would be sufficient to
settle the question with me, and doubtless
with many others whom these poisonous
creatures most effect.
WILLIAM A. HAMMOND