Medical climatology, or a topographical and meteorological description of the localities resorted to in winter and summer by invalids of various classe, both at home and abroadJohn Churchill, 1862 - 509 pages |
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acid gas afford agreeable Algeria Algiers atmosphere autumn carbonate of lime carbonic acid carbonic acid gas Cauterets chalybeate change of climate chiefly chloride of sodium chlorosis chronic rheumatism coast cold constitution consumption cutaneous diseases disorders distance dyspepsia east effects elevation employed equable especially fall of rain feet form of baths frequently gout grains heat humid impregnated inches influence ingredients invalids Ionian Islands island latter limpid Madeira magnesia magnesium mean annual temperature medicinal mild miles mineral springs mineral waters mineralising moisture months mountains nervous north-east north-west number of rainy observations patient peculiar perature possesses prevail pulmonary Pyrenees quantity quart range recommended reputation residence rheumatism saline scenery scrofulous season silica sirocco situated south of France south-east south-west sulphate sulphate of lime sulphate of soda sulphurous summer thermometer tion tonic Torquay town trace Undercliff usually valley variety village whilst winter resort
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Page 29 - ... bodily distempers, as that tranquillity, firmness, and alacrity of mind, which we call good spirits: and which may properly enough be included in our notion of health, as depending commonly upon the same causes, and yielding to the same management, as our bodily constitution. " Health in this sense is the one thing needful. Therefore no pains, expense, self-denial, or restraint, to which we subject ourselves for the sake of health, is too much. Whether it require us to relinquish lucrative situations,...
Page 211 - Calmness, moderate cold, bright sunshine of considerable power, a dry state of atmosphere and of the soil, the rains of short duration. Against these must be placed, — changeableness, the fine weather being as shortlived as the bad, rapid variations of temperature, within moderate limits. In autumn and spring there are heavy rains.
Page 88 - It should be near the sea-coast, and sheltered from northerly winds ; the soil should be dry ; the drinking water pure ; the mean temperature about 60°, with a range of not more than ten or fifteen degrees on either side. It is not easy to fix any degree of humidity ; but extremes of dryness or of moisture are alike injurious. It is of importance in selecting a locality that the scenery should be enticing, so that the patient may be the more encouraged to spend his time out of doors in walking or...
Page 85 - Fucus shows, from extensive data, that in Northern Europe it is most prevalent at the level of the sea, and that it decreases with increase of elevation to a certain point. At Marseilles, on the sea-board, the mortality from this cause is 25 per cent. ; at Oldenburg, 80 feet above the sea, it is 30 per cent. ; at Hamburg, 48 feet above the sea, it is 23 per cent.
Page 213 - There are several circumstances in the climate of Pau which render it a favourable residence for a certain class of invalids. The atmosphere, when it does not rain, is dry, and the weather fine, and there are neither fogs nor cold piercing winds. The characteristic quality of the climate, however, is the comparative mildness of its spring, and exemption from cold cutting winds. While the winter is 3°...
Page 407 - ... frost can make them. And then, — what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal- fire of an English Winter evening; and the stone staircases, marble floors, and starving casements of an Italian house ! — where every thing is designed to guard against the heat of Summer ; which occupies as large a proportion of the Italian year, as the Winter season does of our own.
Page 26 - ... awaken new sensations, and the changes in the sky, from dryness to moisture, from the blue ethereal to cloudiness and fogs, seem to keep the nervous system in a constant state of excitement. In the changeful and tumultuous atmosphere of England, to be tranquil is a labour, and employment is necessary to ward off the attacks of ennui. The English nation is preeminently active, and the natives of no other country follow their object with so much force, fire, and constancy...
Page 137 - Algeria has for some time attracted much attention. Dr Jackson in his " Medical Climatology," says : — "As a resort for persons threatened with Pulmonary Consumption, Algiers is deservedly in good repute. The climate is far from being of a relaxing character ; on the contrary, it combines with its usual mildness and equability a decidedly bracing and tonic influence. Consumptive patients, in whom there is a wellmarked deposit of crude tubercle, may pass one or more winters in Algiers with advantage,...
Page 456 - Que mata a un hombre, y no apaga a un candtl," — the subtle air, which will not extinguish a candle, puts out a man's We. Dry, searching, and cutting, this assassin breath of death pierces through flesh and bone to the marrow...
Page 160 - The exaggerated statements circulated in England of the Colony, and its productions, soil, and climate, have led generally to the very erroneous impression and opinion, that the necessaries, and even more, as regards food, would be abundant and cheap. But New Zealand has neither a tropical climate, nor is it a country in which edible vegetables and fruits, indigenous to such regions, grow and flourish spontaneously and abundantly, nor is it a land inhabited by native animals adapted for the food...