The Dickinson press., 1898-01-08
A HEALTH RESORT.
Some Claim Il TO b the Pursss CITY On
thu GlohA.

IL u0y 1AU0Au q .1dgu0C UOkU GQ1uK
to question the general belief that
towns are necessarily unhealthy and
that any one in search of health
must look for it on the. mountains
or at the sea. Mountains and sea,
pine forests and mineral springs are
all very good for people who habitu-
ally reside in cities, but it is begin
ming to dawn on medical men that
cities have also their advantages
and that nothing is. so good for the
ailing country resident as q course
Of theaters and music, halls, art gal
leries and parks; hotels and cabs
and restaurants. Among cities Lon
don; stands out triumphantly as the
healthiest inathe world. Medical
men have, in fact, ere now pre-
sc1ibed, with the best results, a
month on the: Hampstead hills in.
stead of a Swiss tour as a nerve tom
il. They have discovered that con-
sumptive patients thrive remark
ably we'll in the sunny air Of Lewis
ham and Sydenham. e.s =.
What this is due to is a matter Of
no importance. Some authorities
put it down to the abundant and ex-
Dellent; though much maligned wa
ter supply. Certainly the death.rate
from all \ kinds Of fever is surpris.
ingly low, and fevers, al fs we'll
known, are mainly disseminsteddby:
drinking water. Then, again, the soil
is drysand warm, conditions most
favorable tor those torhelpt.
;matism. An ingenious sanitarian'
says that even the fogs have their
uses. According to modern theories
everything in the way Of ilnlesusisai,'
from a cold in the. head toan attack
of cholera is producedby the iubiqui-
tous- microbe, but microbes have a
horror Of London fogs, and when an.
approaching ewarm smells one it
beats as precipitous a retreat as a
Greek army. =.
Compared with most Sentimental,
cities Londlosna;, hasths great advanl
,tage that n!e4pands outward 10 this
green fields The cities of thss con
tinent, being surrounded BY nm
yielding, defensive. walls, dan only
grow up toward the sky, and Eat
life is certainly not the healthiest.
If statistics were mot of dry. it,
would be easy to show. in figures
that all these causes together make
London a veritable sanitarium. It's
death rate is lower than the country
districts of Lancashire, Monmouth,
Durham, Yorkshire and Northamp-
tonshire. Only 2 people die of cancer
in London to 10 in Rutland and II
In Huntingdonshire; only 2 die Of
nervous disorders to 8 in Yorkshire
and Wales; only II die from heart
and blood vessel disease to 10 in all
England and 30 to "a in many coun-
tries.
What class Of ailing people ought
to come to Londoni Nervous and
dyspeptic patients are sure to derive
benefit from the CHEEKY life of the
streets. Rheumatic people will be
better off here than in most parts Of
the country, while for those afflicted
with livers nothing is equal to an
occasional visit to the metropolis.
DR.. Weber, the great German by.
CHEMIST, says that Englishmen do not
at all properly realize what a valu-
able health resort they have close
to their homes. "short visits to
London" he writes, ION the part of
elderly persons who habitually re.
side in the country districts of Eng
land and in smaller English towns
would promote health and prolong
life many years. London Mail.