Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop.

  • Bishop, S. O.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thrown on them ; therefore it behoves all new arrivals to use some discretion, and to gradually adopt the system to the change. The heart, the liver, the lungs, the stomach ani kidneys all have their work increased. The heart by the extra exertion of the hills. The lungs by more atmospheric pressure. The stomach by the additional quantity of solids taken. The liver, by the change from the heat to the cold. And the kidneys, from the action of the skin being decreased^ having double duty to perform. I claim nothing new in my work, it is simply the result of my own obser- vation, based on the experience of other authors ; for this I offer my apologies, and am much indebted to them. Those who live in the plains should take more frequent changes before the system gets hopelessly involved. A stitch in time saves nine, and if patients sought advice earlier, medical men would have far fewer cases comino^ to them with a lon^ train of symptoms. A timely warning will do wonders, some advice as to diet &c., may save years of misery. Imperfect as these notes may seem, I sincerely trust