The book of climates : acclimatization, climatic diseases, health resorts and mineral springs, sea sickness, sea voyages, and sea bathing / by D.H. Cullimore.

  • Cullimore, D. H. (Daniel Henry)
Date:
1891
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Credit: The book of climates : acclimatization, climatic diseases, health resorts and mineral springs, sea sickness, sea voyages, and sea bathing / by D.H. Cullimore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Phthisis is less prevalent on the sub-tropical Himalayan hills than elsewhere in India, and infinitely less so than in the Punjaub and lower Ganges. It is also rarer on the southern hills than in the low country. Enteric fever is less prevalent on the sub-Himalayas, but more so on the Madras and Bombay hills than in the low country. Heat apoplexy is infinitely less prevalent on the hills. Dysentery is slightly more frequent on the hills ; but hepatitis much less so. Heart disease is of much more frequent occurrence on the southern hills; but in the Hima- layan stations no difference exists. Cholera is exceedingly rare on the hills. Malarial fevers are much less prevalent on the Madras and Bombay hills than elsewhere, but are more frequent on the Himalayan hills than in the low country of the Madras Presidency ; but one-third less than in the Gangetic provinces, and infinitely less than in the Punjaub. Diarrhoea is slightly less preva- lent on the hills ; but respiratory diseases, excluding phthisis, much more so. The military mortality from all causes is immensely lessened in the hill climates of India, being nearly as low as in England. On the plateau of Anahuac, the mor- tality of the French army, after five years' active service, was less than that of the troops stationed in Paris; while those at Vera Cruz, on the sea-board, suffered terribly. Alti- tudes from 5,000 to 8,000 feet, according to latitude, are the best in the tropics. Very high altitudes are often dis- agreeably cold, and the air is so raw that exercise may be disagreeable. The wet, misty, and cloudy slopes of hills should, however, be avoided. Curative Effects on Disease.—It is as a restorative to those suffering from overwork, or exhausted by the heat of the plains, that tropical hill-stations are the most advantageous. Convalescents from acute disease, if no grave organic lesions remain, will do well in the hills. Cases recovering from, or threatened with, hepatic abscess, when their choice lies between removal to Europe in the winter or spring, would
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