An account of a West Indian sanatorium and a guide to Barbados / by J.H. Sutton Moxly.

  • Moxly, J. H. Sutton (Joseph Henry Sutton)
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of a West Indian sanatorium and a guide to Barbados / by J.H. Sutton Moxly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. EXPLAINS HOW A NOTORIETY WAS MANUFACTURED FOR BARBADOS. PAGE Knowledge of the Colonies possessed by those at home—Repute of the West Indies as in- salubrious—Sources of this reputation as far as Barbados is concerned ..... i t CHAPTER II. HOW BARBADOS BECAME A SANATORIUM. Establishment of system of sanitation in the garrison—Striking results of the same, and of improvements in the housing of the troops —Barbados becomes a resort for invalids from the other West India • Islands—The situa- tion and physical conformation of this island calculated to make it extremely salubrious— Schomburgk's opinion of Barbados as a health- resort—The absence of tropical forest con- ducive to health 9
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