Remarks on the climate and the principal diseases occurring in Belgium / by James Milman Coley.

  • Coley, James Milman.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Remarks on the climate and the principal diseases occurring in Belgium / by James Milman Coley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    lifully supplied, is very pure; being free from all injurious, saline ingredients, and bolding in solution principally carbonate of lime, commonly found in most of the springs of England. With respect to Brussels as a residence for inva- lids, I may say that those, who are labouring un- der pulmonary consumption or any specific disease in the air-passages, or who are subject to bronchi- tis or catarrhal or rheumatic ophthalmy,ortoothcr inflammatory diseases of the eyes or to enlarge- ment of the tonsils or lymphatic glands, the capi- tal of Belgium will not bo found a favourable resi- dence during the cold season; particularly if their I)hysical education has been conducted on the erro- neous opinion that exposure to currents of cold air has the effect of invigorating a delicate consti- tution. The physician therefore, who is acquaint- ed Avith the invincible prejudices and habits of the patient in favour of heated rooms, open windows and thin evening dresses, should not advise for such an invalid an abode in Brussels during the cold season. On the other hand , the dry air of this place will enable the invalid , who in England is a constant sufferer Avith humoral asthma, to enjoy comparative comfort and freedom from his custom- ary attacks; and those afflicted Avith bronchoccle Avould derive important benefit and [>robably a cure by a residence at all seasons in Brussels or any ])ai t oi' the north of Belgium, Avhere the soil and the surface arc equally dry and level.