Mediterranean winter resorts : a practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean .. / / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball ... With a map of the Mediterranean [and several diagrams.].

  • Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A. (Eustace Alfred), 1858-1928
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mediterranean winter resorts : a practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean .. / / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball ... With a map of the Mediterranean [and several diagrams.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    It is advisable that most visitors at Cannes should wear flannel next the skin, as in a climate where the diurnal variations are so great, people will be less liable to intercurrent disease by pro- tecting the skin from sudden changes of temperature. The outer garments should not be too heavy, as on walking perspiration is readily induced, but adapted to the weather prevailing at the time. I have already called attention to the fact that at sunset, especially on clear days, there is a marked and sudden fall of temperature attended often by a heavy dew. No one whose health is the object in view should ever be out of doors at sunset. No consideration of any kind should stand against this golden rule. However, should circumstances arise which preclude its being observed, either a closed carriage free from draughts should be engaged, or a delay, under proper shelter, of some hours should be allowed to intervene before venturing out of doors; the temperature, although lower, will then be steady, and, suitably clad, the walk or drive home will then be attended with far less risk. The effects of the fall of temiDcrature at sunset is felt to some extent even indoors, and it is well where delicate people are concerned that fires should be lighted in their rooms some time before sunset. There is a great difference in the comfort and warmth of bedrooms, according to their exposure. Whenever practicable, a room with a south aspect should be secured; exposed to the west on mistral days, such rooms are cold, and at the best receive but little sun; those looking east are more sunny, but easterly winds predominate at Cannes, and these winds are often attended with heavy rains. North rooms, always several degrees colder, should never be accepted as bedrooms. High winds, especially the dry, violent mistral, should be avoided by delicate peo]Dle ; the healthy, or those with ^^'hom these dry, high winds do not disagree, need not alter their usual out-door life ; an extra wrap is all that is needed in such cases. During heavy rains no one usually ventures out of doors unless in closed carriages, and only then when obliged to do so. When the rain is over, for a day at least, the lower stratum of the atmosphere contains more moisture and is colder than usual; it is therefore necessary to be more cautious than ever at such times ; to drive well-protected is better than to v.-alk, but of all
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