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

  • Thomas Hawkes Tanner
Date:
1883
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    couvict establisliment. The priucipal drawback soems to bo tljotorral, a cold harsh wind from the north-west, which occasionally blows dnriug the winter with groat force. It causes restlessness and oppression at the chest, where there is any pulmonary affection. The air is also un- favourable in cases of disease of the nervous centres. The invalid who requires a warm, dry, and gently tonic climate, with constant sunshine, may well visit Malaga for the muter. A resi- dence here is especially useful when phthisis seems to threaten, or even when it is present in an early stage. He should live in the newer part of the town, where the soil is sandy, and through the centre of which runs the Alameda, a fine broad promenade bordered by cheer- ful well-ventilated houses. The Spanish custom of taking a siesta in the middle of the day ought to be adopted. There is regular'steam communication with Liverpool, the voyage lasting seven or eight days. Vaxexcia.—This city, built upon the great plain of Valencia, is about three mdes from the sea. It may be reached in seven days from England, by way of Marseilles.—The town is very clean, the climato unusually dry, though the water evaporated by the system of irrigation ]:iiu-sued impregnates the air with moisture ; there are no cold fogs ; tho Arind is soft and mild during winter, in summer refreshingly cool ; and tho mean annual temperature is G3-5°, that of winter being 49-7°. The cold is often appreciable in early morning and after sunset during winter, but it is warm by midday. The springtime is the best—from the middle of February till thebeginning of May: autumn is to bo avoided, oiving to the miasmata from the rice plantations.—Consump- tion is not uncommon among tho poor; but then in no part of Spain does the labourer work harder, or subsist on a more meagre diet. Useful for the overworked man of business, semi-invalids, and lij'po- chondriacs, individuals with impaired health but no organic disease, gout and rheumatism, calculous nffeotious, albuminuria^and nervous dyspepsia. There are several towns within easy reach of Valencia Avhere tho invalid may go for a short stay,—such as Alcira, C'arcujeiite, Jatica, Sail Fdlpe, (jx-. Seville.—Tho famous capital of Andalusia, and the city of Figaro, possesses a soft and tonic climate. It may be visited by tho hypo- chondriac, by convalescents from lingering disease, &c.; or the invalid who has wintered in Malaga might adva'ntngeously stay here during May. The best part of the year'is from November to March. Thero is considerable rain in October, Novendjer, and April. Occnsionally during tho summer the sultry and irritating levante or cast wind pre- vails, giving rise to fever, ophthalmia, mental irritability, and neuralgic affections. i\nAx.jrEZ.—Situated 24 miles south of Madrid, on tho left bank of the TaguH. Tlio season consists of April and May, during which montlis tlic climate is soft and most agreeable. Tho water of the town cuntains a little sulphate of soda, and hence it sometimes proves ape- ri(jnt if t!ikcn largely. LisnoN.—The capital of roriugal has a dry and bracing cliniale ; Ihnugli th(! cliangc,4 frrjin suiisliiiie (o rain, frcmi heat to cold, iu-(' siul- dcn and remarkable, Ifence it is not to bi: recommended f(}r pulmo- nary invalids ; while, moreover, phtliiyia is very prevalent among the iuhabitaut.y,