Change of climate : considered as a remedy in dyspeptic, pulmonary, and other chronic affections : with an account of the most eligible places of residence for invalids in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, etc., at different seasons of the year and an appendix on the mineral springs of the Pyrenees, Vichy, and Aix les Bains / by D. J. T. Francis.

  • Francis, D. J. T.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Change of climate : considered as a remedy in dyspeptic, pulmonary, and other chronic affections : with an account of the most eligible places of residence for invalids in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, etc., at different seasons of the year and an appendix on the mineral springs of the Pyrenees, Vichy, and Aix les Bains / by D. J. T. Francis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    patients, an instance of the peculiar physiognomy so characteristic of the disease in question. A similar result would certainly not happen in the case of our large hospitals in England. Few towns are better supplied with provisions than Valencia. Fruits and vegetables are abundant at all seasons; although from their rapid growth and the employment of irrigation, they do not always possess the usual amount of flavour. A dish to be had constantly is the polio con arroz— chicken and rice ; it is light and nutritious. Mut- ton and beef are good ; and fish, of which there are many wholesome kinds, as well as game, including partridges, woodcocks and snipes, are very plentiful. The latter, together with hosts of aquatic birds, ducks, teal, widgeons, plovers, &c, are supplied by the great lake, Albufera, and its swampy margins. The milk, both of cows and goats, is to be had. The latter, so good for weak stomachs, is more commonly used, being indeed throughout Spain a never-failing re- source. The best is that which is obtained from animals that feed on waste lands, the milk often possessing the aroma of rosemary, or other sweet- smelling herbs. The wine of Valencia must be used very cautiously, for the greater part is strong and spirituous. A good deal of it comes from Benicarlo; a dark strong wine, known in England by the name black strap/' There are several hotels in Valencia, but strangers are not likely to be so well lodged as in Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, or Barcelona. The Fonda del Cid/' the best of them, is clean and comfortable, and some