Nice and its climate / by A. Barety ; translated, with additions, by Charles West ; and an appendix on the vegetation of the Riviera, by Professor Allman.

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1882
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Credit: Nice and its climate / by A. Barety ; translated, with additions, by Charles West ; and an appendix on the vegetation of the Riviera, by Professor Allman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    It has been alleged that iodine, bromine, and particularly chlorine, can be detected in the air of the coast. Opinions on the subject differ; nor is this surprising, if one considers how small is the quantity in which one of these elements, iodine, is said to have been discovered. M. Chatin, as quoted by Dr. Macario, states that he detected yFo of a milligramme in a litre of rain-water which fell at Nice on one day, the 15th of Octo- ber [in other words, the 10,500th part of a grain in 35 ounces 2 drachms]. That iodine is really present, however, is rendered all the more probable by the observation of Dr. Rilliet, of Geneva, that he has known patients show symptoms of iodism from no other cause than mere residence on the sea-shore; although, as M. Chatin has shown, their total daily absorption of iodine could not have exceeded ^ or TV of a milligramme [or the 350th or the 700th of a grain]. For his own part, the author has been struck by the rapidity and intensity of the effects generally produced in Nice by preparations of iodine and bromine. So far, indeed, is this the case, that he would always advise that these remedies be given in smaller doses at Nice than in other more northerly districts. Thus much with reference to the situation of Nice, its exposure to the sun, the character of its soil, the elements which enter into the composition
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