Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-24
MEDICAL JOURNAL
PRAISES HAWAII
Colorado Physician Says
Island Climate Is
Ideal

That Dr.. l.. Il. Cofer of the local
Quarantine station is doing some tell.
ing promotion work in the places
where II will do the most good Is evi,
denccd by an editorial in the Colorado
Medical journal. wherein the climate
of Hawaii IL highly praised The
writer Is DR.. +. G.. Bvles. 4. NJ. NJ. D.,
lecturer on climatology in Denver and
Gross College of Medicine. He quotes
Or. Cofor as his authority The ar.
ticlc reads as follows:
The climate of our broad land Is 50
varied. as to include almost every va.
ficty under the sun. Just now. cspe-
cial interest is being taken in the eli
mate of our new possessions. Hawaii,
Porto Rico, the Philippines. and also
that of the lsthmus. The Hawaiian
Islands lie between the 1ith and 23d
parallels of latitude and about 1874 de.
Erces to 100 degrees longitude west,
being located 22O0 miles southwest OF
san Francisco and 1900 miles north.
east from Hong Kong. The climate OF
these Islands has remarkable equa.
bility of temperature. never too hot
and never too cold. Except on the
mountain tops, and then within very
narrow limits, there are no sudden
changes. This is due to the fact that
there are neither ice fields nor hot
continental deserts within thousands
OF miles. and the winds have to pass
ever a broad exposure of water of uni.
form and moderately warm tempera-
ture. The mean temperature Is 10
degrees lower than that of any other
lrnd in the same latitude.
The prevailing winds for ten months
rf the year nj least are from the
northwest. and these bring with them
Il plentiful supply of moisture. which
Il precipitated on the northern shores
of the islands, by reason of the cen
trail mountain ranges. This affords Il
very humid climate on one side of the
Islands and dry, almost arid, climate
On the other, or leeward side.
DR.. Leland Il. Cofer, medical officer
IN charge of the United States Public
Health and Marine Hospital affairs in
Hawaii, says that one lives so com.
fortably there that the character of
the climate is never thought of; for
the same reason that a sound man
never thinks Of his liver. The TEN
perature, humidity, rainfall and sun.
shine vary widely with the exposure
and elevation selected as the point OF
observation. II Is easy for one to run
in few hours over good roads in an
automobile from the humid warmth oil
the coast to the dry, cool. interior OF
elevated portion of the islands. The
fair days, says DR.. Cofcr, are ne
warmer, nor the wet days more dis
agreeable, than those prevailing dur
Ing the month Of June in New York
| City. While Il great many men dress
lust as they do In the Eastern States
the large majority of the population
enjoy the luxury of being dressed IN
white every day in the year.
Surf bathing and aquatic sports are
INDUCED In, especially by the chill
dren, In January and July. alike. Ev
cry one may live constantly In tn,
open air. There are no earthquakes
Jew storms and no hurricanes. As q
health resort Il is ideal for those IN
reed Of a sedative climate. Away
warm-nevcr holland either humid
or dry as may be Indicated We would
predict that life in this land of per
petual summer would be prolonged
and enjoyed by the retired bushes,
man after three score years of activ
ity, by the sufferer from chronic bron
chitis, and especially by those having
chronic nephritis.