The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

merely a scatterer Of seeds and a dissemina
tor Of germs, II may drive the pure o2one
revitali2e the respiratory organs ana give
man new lease on life generally II
may enable a man to Eet the proper
amount Of oxygen INTO bis system In'
wind which sweeps the coast along the
gulf, according to DR. Cline Is sprayed by
the salt splashes and comes TO the inhnhl
tantS Of the border With invigorating and
heaith-giNing properties IL serves, too ~
the capacity Of equalizer. and aids in the
ngll tCuGuce Of -tc eduabe atmosphere
conditions upon which Dr. Zine bases his
r rSnglios' in IKE he WINTER has Just H
enough of tropical warmth to counteract
Just enough Of tho cold IN the currents
which come from be artic region, 20 main
tain an equnhle temperature and 10 pre-
vent atmospheric shocks TO tho human
system.
Radical changes in meteoroogic condi
lions may harm the individual In vorlous
ways from the viewpoint Of the clmatoo
eist, and there are probably many men
and women who are In a position to con
firm the view. There Is probably not 50
much fiction about the old way Of telling
that It was going to rain, the sign Of the
aching corn, and the method Is stll re
sorted 10 by many persons, sometimes In
lest, sometimes in eArnestness, and again
because Of respect for It's venerableneSs.
There are many Isrsons who suffer with
agonzng headaches during thunder storms,
because Of the heayiness and sutrlness OF
the atmosphere Tue physiological euccts
Of climate may he observed in many ways
by watching the CoN1uct OF men aud
women when the more violent changes
take place.
II has been frequently remarked by men
who have studied the question, according
10 a statement made BY DF cine lhai
men and women are quick 10 SHOW higher
nervous tension during the more violent
meteOrolOgic changes. Extreme heat. eN
IRENE cold, or any sudden break In utmos.
pheric conditions viii tend TO make men
and more more fdgety, and they VIII begin
10 manifest a surplusage Of nervous energy
IN many ways, Persons ihGined 10 melau-
cholla In temperament, become more de-
pressed In spirit Persons inclined to be
factious, become more facti0us, more dis
agreeable, and II would probably be inter
estug TO know tie number Of regretted
estrangements which develop under these
abnormal conditions Persons inclined 10
criminal acts yield more readily 10 tae
natural bent when meteorologic abnormali-
ties press down upon them.
These things, according TO Dr. Cline, IL
lustrate the not 0ey OF climatic conditions
IN developing ana aggravntlng diseases OF
different kinds aud mark the way for
closer and moro elaborate study Of weather
conditions from what may be called a
pathological standpoint. he believes the
attention which several Of the colleges
are now giving this subject, by providing
for lectures on cIimatology, is a move In
the right direction.
Men and women generally should learn
the dangers OF unnecessary exposure dur
Ing these violent changes, " they reside
ia areas frequented by abnormalltles OF
this Kind.
They should learn the effect these
changes have on the mind, the nerves,
the skin and the human system generally.
They should know that sudden rise OF
a sudden fan OF any considerable extent
in the Temperature will have an appreciable
effect on the cRpillaries Of the skin, and
win exercise other harmful Influences,
which VIII tend 10 shorten life. II they
do not result In more immediate calamities
In his studies NJ 70 this time Or
Cline has busied himself mainly With the
physiological aspect OF the subject, broad
enough held in itself but az the angles be
has crossed the other influences, the kin
dred currents which manifest themselves
In nervous excltability, In exaggerations or
natural tendencies mentally ana morally