On Falmouth as a winter resort : presented to the Section of Medicine, at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association in Carlisle, July, 1896 / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

  • Fayrer, Sir Joseph, 1824-1907.
Date:
1896
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Credit: On Falmouth as a winter resort : presented to the Section of Medicine, at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association in Carlisle, July, 1896 / by Sir Joseph Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted for the Author from the British Medical Journal, THE SECTION OF MEDICINE. At the Annual Meeting of of the British Medical Association in Carlisle, July, 1896. By Sir JOSEPH FAYRER, Bart., K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.S., Honorary Physician to Her Majesty the Queen and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. A severe and prolonged attack of bronchitis having, in the opinion of my medical advisers, rendered it necessary that I should leave London during the winter months of 1895-96. and being anxious to avoid foreign travel and residence, I decided to try whetheij what I wanted could not be found nearer home, and accordingly, on the recommendation of Sir E. Sieveking, selected Falmouth as a winter residence where one might hope to escape the raw damp cold and fogs of London, and at the same time perhaps find immunity from the sudden and violent alternations of temperature which are so dangerous and trying to those who have suffered from, or become liable to, bronchitic affections. The result has been so satisfactory, that I feel it is a duty to record my experience and call attention to a health resort which is perhaps too little known, but which, if appreciated as it deserves to be, might prove of great benefit to many who would gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of obtaining the required change, and of avoiding a journey for which they are physically unfitted, and residence in a foreign country for which they have no inclination. The chief desideratum in a climate, for those who find it expedient to seek change in the winter, is that it should be equable, sheltered from prevailing winds, and sunshiny, a combination not always to be obtained, at all events within a reasonable distance by land or sea. The south of France and the Riviera are much sought after, but though the climate is genial and bright with sunshine, and the scenery cliarm- mg, the daily range of temperature is often considerable, and the risks of chill are great, whilst the mistral and bise are very trying. It seems hardly to be known that the conditions so essen- tial to the invalid exist in our islands ; and yet it is so, for the south coast of Cornwall presents them in a marked degree. Why tins ignorance should prevail is hard to understand, seeing that since 1816, when Dr. Paris called attention to it,