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The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases, More Particularly of the Chest and Digestive Organs
The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases More Particularly of the Chest and Digestive Organs Author:James Clark General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1829 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: FRANCE. The South of France has been long held in estimation for the mildness of its winter climate, and various parts of it have been and are still annually resorted to by invalids from this country ; although, I fear, without much discrimination, either as regards the qualities of the climate, or the nature of the diseases in which this is most likely to prove beneficial. The climate of the Southern provinces of France admit of being classed under two divisions, -- namely, the South-eastern and South-western. These two regions differ essentially from each other in the physical characters of then climates : the latter resembles in its general qualities the South-western parts of England, the former is of a totally different nature. In then- influence on disease they differ also in a very remarkable manner; and unless the distinctive characters of each, in this respect, be kept in view by the physician, in selecting a residence in this country for invalids, great errors must be committed. THE WEST AND SOUTH-WEST OF FRANCE. Under this title I include the whole tract of country from Brittany to Bayonne, comprising I/Orient, Nantes, La Rochelle, Bourdeaux, Mon- tauban, Pau, and Toulouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey also belong to this range of climate; or they may be considered as intermediate between that of the South-West of France and England. The climate of this part of France resembles, as has been just observed, that of the South-West of England; while it is, on the other hand, directly opposed, in its qualities, to that of the South-East of France. Though, on the whole, less warm tha...« less