New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
A VIRTUE IN MERE CHANGE.

This brings back TO the evident fact that there
give illip to the whole system. and especially to
Increase the recuperative power The persistent
ness. such as an attack OF influenza or whoopng-
cough Will often disappear like magic under the
influence OF a change Of abode. Nor is II essential
that the patient should go to the seaside or 10
some spot Of acknowledged salubrity. often the
mere removal from part Of a town to another
Will result In an immediate and manifest improve
ment know Of An instance In which a gentle
home was in a healthy part Of Surrey. obtained
very great relief by short residence among the
slums OF Seven Dials. Children seem especially
benefited by change Of air: much so that IL is
often found advisable TO remove them even during
a severe Illness. In two cases which occur TO me
In which such course adopted the little
patients had been given up by their medical at
tendant because they had reached that fatal stage
Of exhaustion so dreaded by the physician when all
rallying power has ebbed away. and there is no
more response to remedial measures Although IL
seemed doubtful in both whether the chill
dren would even survive the Journey. an instant i'm
provement took place soon as the removal was
accomplished and in each complete recovery
followed Both OF these children came from homes
where every comfort was provided. and from
neghborhoods considered healthy
have little doubt that the marvellous vitality OF
gypsy urchins whom sees running about clad
In an irreducble minimum OF raiment In damp and
wntry weather. and who are nevertheless as hardy
degree to their constant rowing habits 1t is well
known that wild beasts In travelling menageries
which they have to put UP with. are more healthy
and live longer than those which have all the
which science and money can provide in the
geological gardens. Among the first elephants to
breed In captivity those In Barnums travel
ling show. and this almost unprecedented event
serts In the most positive manner that the circum-
stances under which the animals lived more
conducive TO their general well-beng than those OF
the elephants In Regents Park or even In the Gov
eminent establishments in India; Racehorses. It Is
said. more likely TO become stale. and TO de-
teriorate In condition when they are kept In one
place than when they are travelling about to diff
ferent meetings. Not few owners OF dray
horses In London. such as railway carriers brew
ers etc. find II answers their purpose to have
farm In the country, 10 which the horses sent
for change when they show signs OF failing
health
When we consider how unstable substance air
is and that on at least six days OF every seven
II is continually moving from place to place at the
rate OF several miles an hour. the difference OF
character In the atmosphere at neighboring spots
and the constant qualities II maintains at different
times In the same locality are very difficult TO ex-
plain.
All attempts OF chemists TO account for these
minute aerial differences. which. nevertheless. have
= weighty influence on the bodily health, have
hitherto been futile. The chemical composition OF air
as far as gaseous inorganic matter Ia concerned.
varies In an extremely slight degree In different To-
Out OF doors the proportions OF nitrogen,
oxygen and argon remain practically constant In
all regions and carbonic acid varies only to the
extent Of part in thousand even when
compare such extremes as the air Swiss
mountain top and that In the most densely popu-
lated cities The popular notion that sea air cues