An index of diseases and their treatment / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Thomas Hawkes Tanner
Date:
1883
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    150 days. Suow r.arel}' falls in the wiuter, and there is a freedom frolri fogs. Tbu island is jjroteoted from the east winds of spring ; and there are groat opjjoi-f unities for outdoor exercise. The climate being rather sedative, invalids needing a strong bracing air must seek it elsc- wlioro. Hypochondriacs, suiTerers from hahitual conslipafion or sluggish action of the liver, and young men, with a predisposition to phthisis, are often much benefited by a summer or autumnal walk through the IflGHLANDS; and certainly for the overworked literaiy or professional labourer notiiiug can be more invigorating than such a tour. I verily believe that I should die, said Waltek Scott, if I did not see the heather every year. 442. The Channel Inlands. All the Cbaunel Islands are remarkable for their beautiful and varied scenery, for the temptations they offer to the zoologist and botanist, the mildness and humidity of their climates, the absence of great heat in summer and great cold in winter, and for the equability and duration of autumn. The east, north-east, and north winds which prevail in the spring, arc disagreeable and injurious. The climate of tlie Channel Islands is generally favom-able in clironic disease, in asthma, in bronchial and intestinal disorders, and in affections of the urinary organs ; while it is also suitable for convalescents from acute inflammations of the organs of respiration. The old and the young also are benefited by it : to them the effect is tonic and regene- ratino'. Invalids from India and Australia may winter in these islands with advantage. Thej-are unfavourable in chronic rheumatism, hepatic disorders, structural diseases of the uterus or ovaries, nervous dys- pepsia, hypochondriasis, and in cases where there is a tendency to dropsy or hannorrhage. Pulmonary consumption appears to be as com- mon aud fatal among the inbabitants as in most otlier localities.—The most favourable time for a stay in either of the group is from -August until tlie beginning of February. In some inst^ances, a change for a time, from one island to another, is productive of good. These islands may be reached by steamers from Southampton or Weymouth in less than twelve hours. Invalids, especially ladies and children, should choose their day of sailing so as to avoid a rough passage across the English Channel; and so that they may not have to land in small boats. The packets can gonci-ally enter the harbour of St. Peter's Port in Guernsey, aud that of St. Helicr's in Jersey, except near low water on a receding tide. GuEiiNSEY, the most westerly and exposed of the islands, has an average annual tcnijieraturo of 51 -OO ; that for winter beiug 4-1-2. spring ■IT'T, summer 5!i-li, and autumn oii-S. Sea fogs arc rare, except in the early part of the day in spring and autunni. The air is relaxing. The niean annual rainfall is rather more than .'55 inclies, falling in heavy showers t;n alxnit KM days, and more oftt'U in night than day. Pi-rco- lation takes ]ilai'e rajiidly tlirough the gravelly soil; evaponilioii is also favoured by the brisk wind and s\inshine. Tlie walks are too Lilly for most invalids. Ciuernsey is thirty miles from Jersej. Jiatw.v is the largest of (he group of island.s, and the most important; being about twelve miles long, \\ith an average breadth of live miles.