Some remarks on the climate of the Swiss Alps, with pulmonary cases treated at Maloja (6,000 feet) / by A. Tucker Wise, M.D.

  • Wise, A. T. Tucker (Alfred Thomas Tucker), 1848-1928
Date:
1887
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Credit: Some remarks on the climate of the Swiss Alps, with pulmonary cases treated at Maloja (6,000 feet) / by A. Tucker Wise, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SOME REMARKS ON THE CLIMATE OF THE SWISS ALPS, WITH PULMONARY OASES TREATED AT MALOJA (6,000 FEET). By A, TUCKER WISE. M.D. It is no exaggeration to say that the conditions of bright Alpine weather daring mid-winter are difficult to describe, without being accused of extravagance; therefore, the only reply to be made to theoretical critics, who quote meteorological details to demonstrate the impossibility of feeling warm in the snows of the mountains, is—-that the practical experience of a visit to high lauds should be undertaken by any¬ one who desires to speak with authority on the subject of climate. The high level health-resorts are, however, greatly appreciated by a section of the public, increasing in numbers each year. Latterly I have been struck with the importance of observations on atmospheric electricity. Doubtless electricity should be regarded as a curative factor in the study of climate. Dr. Denison, of Denver, has already made some interesting remarks on this matter. Writing of Colorado, he says—“You lie down to sleep on the ground, as only a tired camper can, and rise in the morning from your negative electric bed, to stretch yourself in the 'positive electric air. I have yet to meet with an experience which will dissuade me from advising a consumptive to live in the open air, and sleep on the ground, whenever conditions are favourable for so doing”