The climate of the island of Madeira : and the errors and misrepresentations of some recent authors on this subject, considered in a letter addressed to George Lund, M.D. / by James Mackenzie Bloxam.

  • Bloxam, James Mackenzie.
Date:
1854
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Credit: The climate of the island of Madeira : and the errors and misrepresentations of some recent authors on this subject, considered in a letter addressed to George Lund, M.D. / by James Mackenzie Bloxam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE CLIMATE OF MADEIRA, on THE ERRORS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT CONTAINED IN A RECENT WORK ON CLIMATE BY T. H. BURGESS, M.D., CONSIDERED IN 3 ilcttcr al)titcsscli''td'ffirorgE ILuittt, MM., EY JAMES MACKENZIE BLOXAM, Esq. [This letter has been printed in the form of a pamphlet, prin- cipally for private circulation ; but a feio copies have been left in the hands of the printer* for publication. The pamphlet contains some remarks on the science of medico- meteorology which are of general utility; but it is principally levoted to the object which the above title implies. The following extract, which forms the concluding section of the letter, ivill serve o convey some idea of its contents.] I must now repeat Dr. Burgess's summing up, which lescrves to be stereotyped. It will be found at page 204 if his work, as follows :— CONCLUSION. It results from the preceding statements, that much misconception -prevails with respect to the efficacy of foreign climates in cases of pulmonary consumption ; and however agreeable to the senses warm air, sunny skies, and luxuriant vegetation,* may seem, they afford no proof of salubrity, nor of' the beneficial effects of any climate. .% * T. Richards, 37, Great Queen Street, London.