The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
HOW BLUE SKIES LENGTHEN LIFE.
The Span Of Human Existence Is Longest Along the Gulf
Coast, Says Dr.. Cline, and the Reason Therefor Is
Poetic Well Scientiic-How Violent Weather
Changes Shock and Injure the Human System.

The even temperature which prevails
along the coast line Of the States which
border on the gulf OF Mexico, the cloud
lessness Of the sky, the saltsprayed winds
which blow up from the vast body Of water
which lies between Florida and Central
America, the lack of shocking changes In
meteorologic conditions, the heavy per
cent of normal heat radiation from the sun
which dlssipates the poisonous elements
which float with miasmatlc mists, burning
and destroying them as troughouhly as II
they had been thrown into a modern ere
matory-these conditions, according to DR..
!. NJ Cline, formerly OF Galveston, but
now Of New Orleans, forecast official, who
makes the weather predictions for all his
country, including Houston, are responsible
In the main for the fact that persons llv-
ing IN This territory live long beyond the
average agreed upon by scientific thinkers.
Or. Cline for series Of years has been
giving close study to climate, with par.
ucular reference 10 its effect upon such
diseases as most frequently show In the
mortnary reports, and with t5at enrap-
tufeu devotion peculiar to sCienti tic students
ne IS still pursuing his studies. What facts
he has already given 90 the world have
been revelation alike to laymen and
scinetists, aud even the colleges of the
country, which, in recent years, have abol-
ished special departments for the study of
climatology, have been anxious TO secure a
part of DR.. Cline's time In order to get the
benefit of n few lectures based on his ample
fund Of information.
Medicine aud meteorology have been com
bined In DR.. Clines study OF climate and
Its relation to disease, and the experiences
of the practitioner have been OF much
value TO MIN. But the conclusions which
he has reached are not the result of his
own experiences In the practice OF medi-
cine, nor do they spring from an earnest
and observing study Of the science OF eli.
matology In all OF its bearings His CON
cluSions rest upon data which has been
gathered, in the FIRST instance. by other
hands. He has used the figures OF other
men 10 prove his own theory with reference
10 the close relationship between climate
and disease.
Statistics taken from duly authenticated
records have convinced Or. Cline that no
place In the broad sweep OF the country
can boast OF as healthy conditions as GER
tain points along the coast line and which
he has figured out with scientific nicely.
The area on the gulf coast. with a sweep
along the eastern coast OF Florida TO a
point above the line Of that State, is In
cluded in his calculation.
DR.. Cline recently made a technical re-
port on the subject. In which he gave
much data that would tend to support his
climatically from the normal. The data
used indicated that the area OF greatest
death percentages showed the most Violent
changes IN atmospheric condiuops. nigh
and low temperatures working With equal
success In raising the percentages In NOR
tugry reports
He mas concluded from this that the
healthiest area. where men and women
live 20 greater age ant suffer less while
living. Is the area where climatic condi-
lions are most eQuabie: where there Is an
absence of atmospheric changes which
shock the system, and such & condition he