The Press., 1893-06-08
Number 10.

the fact that the invalid is still in his own country, under the same government, and can speak his own language. Thee are objections to Algiers, south of Italy, south of France, Egypt, Madeira and Bahamas A sea voyage is hazardous to persons who are seeking recovery from disease which has already reduced them to an invalid condition on account of the long voyage, the risk of stormy weather, and the mGl de n1er.
 The employment of climate as a means of arresting any fatal tendency is not a practice of our time alone, but was prac- ticed in early times. When the air of an- cient Rome became malarial from the Pontine marshes many resorted to health resorts upon the borders of the Midway sea. Horace sings the praises of it's healthful shores. We should be able to intelligently and profitably choose 0 cli- mate for those we direct to health re- sort, that which has the least range of temperature-the least of humidity-the least of variable winds-the least of cloudy weather,-a place where the resi- dents themselves suffer little from the disease-a place where sanitary condi- tions generally are favorable. Every na- tion has it's favorite resort. England has it's Ventnor, town on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, in the English chan nel, sheltered from the north winds by high cliffs, and facing the sun. France has it's Cannes, seaport upon its south- ern coast, famed for it's salubrity of eli mate.
 The physicians of the north are giving more attention to meteorology as related to this disease, that they may be able more correctly to estimate the various factors which constitute the most favora- ble climate, or to criticise advertising statements of any individual health re- sort.
 The number of so-called remedies for the disease under consideration have been very great. Each generation and each decade ever since it's first written history has had it's new treatment, based upon observation of apparent cure, then pub- lished, tried by the profession, only to be found wanting in curative potency or as a prophylactic.
 Now there is no expectation and no confidence that any treatment having a drug as chief factor can remove the disease. It is the popular idea that con- sumption does not prevail in tropical or semi-tropical countries-that it is confined to the high attitudes. It is true that along coastwise sections of Mexico, Gen. tral American states and coast sections of South America, even under the equator, the disease is common. In the interior of Mexico, which is largely an elevated plateau remote from the coast, the dis ease is unknown except as it is brought from the coast. An illustration that the disease is arrested in its progress by a dry and equable atmosphere, that alter nate dryness and humidity with slight all titude which obtains upon all coast lines, having the ocean upon one side and the dry air of the continent upon the other does favor it's development and continu ance, a fact especially observed upon oul N. D. coast. Here each cardinal point of compass with it's subdivisions indicate all the kinds of weather known to the season. These changes follow in such rapid succession that it is often impossi ble to dress according to the weather We may have the summer morning as beautiful as roses newly washed with dew, with soft west windS-a torrid noon it's heat acting as a great dynamo gen. erating electricity for the coming storm rainbow upon the eastern clouds and 8 frost at night.
 A gentleman, whose home is in a tropic. al climate, visited one of our eastern cities one day in spring, and he observed with great astonishment one of these panoram. ic changes. In the morning it was cold and cloudy. Soon storm was gathering. For the first time in his life he saw great snow-hakes gently falling, then turning to furious rain, then the mild wind blew all the clouds away,-this followed by a sublimely beautiful sunset. "This re- minded him." he said, "of a fickle wo. man-all tears one moment, all smiles the next"
 This fact is familiar to us, that the average warmth of our northern summer is restorative in this disease, hence the aoisdom of the advice that the invalid should seek climate which is mild the whole year round, where he can daily ex. pose himself to the open air during all the months, which would be imprudence fol | him to do here.
 In the south and southwest the cura 1 tive value of the climate consists of much exposure to the Out-of-door air of the day Persons suffering from acute diseases oi | the respiratory organs, with an abnormal | ly high temperature, with great loss O. strength, needing much quietude, should not take the risks of long journey | There would be homesickness and menta Pdepression, lessening their chance of re covery. They would feel the loss of tha | friendship, tender care and tireless nurs ing which his family gave him at home with all his wants so thoughtfully antici pated. What his family bestowed of low and affection he cannot buy of strangers l in hotels.
 There is popular idea that warm eli mates are unhealthy, but the people o tropical climates are hardy and lont | lived, and some of the great works of mai have been done under a tropical sun. Il the more southern attitudes which w mention we find that places of considera ble altitude and remote from the coas are exempt from yellow fever, choler and tubercular diseases which are. ire | quent along the coast and it's vicinity | Yet person born at the north and livin | to adult age, accustomed to the intens l cold of our winters, will find need o adopting the food, clothing and habits o the place which is to be their residence Exposure to the chill and precipitation o the evening air would not be pruden wherever they may be.
 | The dry mountain air of the south o southwest is never harmful to the north | erner. Its free from dust and other dele terious substances of a crowded popula tion. As to the open window at night currents of fresh air sufficient for breath
 ing purposes and ventilation are bette
 than to chill the body with great inrus of it. A surplus of air that passe through his room is of no additional ben
 eft. He is naturally limited as to tn
 amount of respired air. He is limited
 also, in the amount of food. His stomac
 has limited capacity. Fresh air, all
 can breathe, will not give him cold ul
 less previously exposed to hot and muc
 respired air of other persons. It is tn
 unfortunate habit of Americans that the
 endure, and do so without complaint, an
 without the fullest sense of it's harm, a atmosphere as found in public places (
 so high thermometry and so polluted wit
 exhalations as to be source of diseas