The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-24
Question Asked Many
Physicians.
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE
Some Say it is a Question of AccIi
nation and Others to the
Contrary.

Is the climate of Hawaii injurious to
the health of women?
This question was asked a number of
the physicians of Honolulu yesterday.
Some days ago the Advertiser received
the following letter which brought UP
the subject:
Paia, Maui, July IL
Editor Advertiser:-I have received
a communication from California stat
ing that the climate of these Islands is
injurious to the Health of women
While L am satisfied from personal OBJ
servation that this cline is superior to
many parts of California yet l would
like the opinion of some of the physi-
clans through the columns of your pa
per.
j. A McCLENDON
An endeavor was made by the Adver-
| tiser to see all the practicing physicians
of the city but it was impossible to OBJ
| tain interviews with all. The follow
| ing are the views of those who found
time to answer the Advertisers query:
HERBERT SAYS IT'S BAD.
Yes, the climate of Honolulu is GER
| said DR.. Herbert. "Of course there are
places on the Hawaiian ISLANDS which
are most healthful and which have all
| the charms of a temperate cline with
out any of it's undesirable effects, but
| these places have no accommodations,
are thinly settled and are not sought
out by people who come to these shores.
The climate of Honolulu is very
| enervating; not only Is it bad for wom-
en- with nervous troubles, but it is bad
| for women anyway. They lose their
| color and sturdy health; they become
| depressed and tired out and long for a
| change. 1t is all very well for them to
reside here. providing they go away to
the Coast for few months every year
| or so, but for those who have to live
here year in and year out L must say
that the climate is most deleterious.
After nightfall in Honolulu miasma
prevails, a most harmful influence on
people not thoroughly accustomed to
the climate.
The continuous monotony of temper
ature is wearing on the whole physical
constitution. This perpetual summer Is
decidedly enervating and particularly
bad for women"
HEALTHFUL CLIMATE, SAYS TAY-
LOR.
Il do not know why Honolulu ha:
not as good climate any othel
city in the tropics" said DIR. Taylor
| Here we are right in the midst of th'
Pacific ocean, where the breezes have
thousands of miles of ocean to 'sweel
over before they reach us, and so come
: to us fresh and sweet.
l I'VE are well located otherwise; W.
never have extremes of heat or cold, no
is it as damp here as in most places il
the tropics. People who come her
from cooler climates as a rule nee'
81, fn ina tod.
constant heat gives them headaches
: and otherwise they are affected by il
' but after a residence of a few months
I at most. they get accustomed to tn
constant warmth and after that the
, are all right
Lots of women become impresse
with the idea that the climate does no
8 agree with them and they come to m
| to get advice and sometimes even Sug
c gest to me that it would be best 70
: them to take trip to the Coast for
= time. but half the time they are lookin
E for an excuse to get away for "A goo
= time and are not sick at all. They don
like it when L cell them. so l can tie
you. No. you can say that my opinio
. | is that Honolu-a climate is all righ
as good as the majority and bette
. than most of the cities of the Unite
: | States.'
: UNHEALTHFUL SAYS WAYSON.
Y Dr. Wayson thought that the climat
Y of Honolulu could scarcely be consider
g ed a healthful one for women. 1T
r too enervating to suit the constitution
= of most of the women who come here,
d he said, las is not unnatural Most {
: them are Anglo-Saxons, accustomed I
= the bracing winds and the changes {
l. climate of the higher latitudes. We
If not have the extremes of heat and col
e that they have in the States and in otf
g er parts of the temperate zone and
D. almost think that they are better fS
,e one than the continual warmth of tn
q climate. 1t is, however, not worse hel
le for women than for men.
d After living here for six or eigi
X months you will find that the majorit
of men become more or less debilitate
W and they need a change, such as ru
rs UP to the Coast will give them.
in course. this does not apply to natives
r the Islands, either Hawaiians or
4 | American or European parentage.
n is only those who come here from 9TH
20 places who are affected by the climate
s. DUE TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.
as DR.. Frank r. Day said it was a pee
as liar subject for discussion. as 1t is gel
re orally conceded that all tropical or SUI
10 tropical countries have a more or lie
enervating effect upon people fro
We temperate zones, and this was especia
ne ly true with women. Speaking of &
u, conditions which exist in Hawaii rela
he ing to the health of women, he says:
u, is not due to the general climate of III
wall but to the local conditions in II
lnolulu that women may seem to be n