Malta, considered with reference to its eligibility as a place of residence for invalids : addressed to the members of the medical profession / by Francis Sankey.

  • Sankey, Francis F.
Date:
[1849]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Malta, considered with reference to its eligibility as a place of residence for invalids : addressed to the members of the medical profession / by Francis Sankey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    lesion, a residence in a southern latitude, for three or four months during the winter, is highly useful; and I think Malta offers advantages to such persons, equal to those of any other place; amongst those advantages we may enumerate,— the voyage by sea, when land travelling would be too fatiguing: the facility of conveyance from any part of the surrounding Continents : the novelty of the scene, so different from any thing which Europe can offer : the living under the British flag, in a British possession : the many comforts that may be commanded : the power of obtain- i ing the assistance of English medical practitioners resident in the island, as well as those of the staff of the army, or navy : and a climate where, on every day of the year, for some hours of that day, exercise in the open air, or gentle boat exercise, may be taken, so essential to the re-establishment of health. Another advantage which Malta possesses over almost every other place, is the great facility which the invalid has of getting away, should he find, or fancy he finds, the climate uncongenial to his constitution. The almost daily arrival and departure of Eng- lish, French, and Italian steamers, will enable him to try other countries, to make excursive