Change of air : considered with regard to atmospheric pressure, and its electric and magnetic concomitants, in the treatment of consumption & chronic disease : with a general commentary on the most eligible localities for invalids / by J.C. Atkinson.

  • Atkinson J. C. (John Charles)
Date:
1867
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Credit: Change of air : considered with regard to atmospheric pressure, and its electric and magnetic concomitants, in the treatment of consumption & chronic disease : with a general commentary on the most eligible localities for invalids / by J.C. Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tremble at a breeze, and vary with each passing change of atmospheric influences ! Our first attention must be directed to meteorology with regard to invalids, espe- cially the expansion and contraction of the respiratory organs, which are greatly de- pendent on the electric state of the atmo- sphere, the character of the winds, and other meteorological influences. It is worthy of remark that their energy is greatest when the wind is south-west; least, when north-east. Hence, it follows, that the absorption of oxygen by the blood is vari- able, and this must tell powerfully on those suff'ering from disease of the chest. Although meteorology is fast taking its place among the exact sciences, it is still comparatively in its infancy. The barometer gives indications of change in the skyey influences, but it is not so acute as the sensitive nerve of the minutest insect, the croaking raven, or the crow that hurries to the sheltering wood. It may indicate the