Aiken and Thomasville as types of the inland health-resorts of South Carolina and Georgia / by W.H. Geddings.
- Geddings, Wm. H. (William H.), 1838-1892
- Date:
- [1886]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Aiken and Thomasville as types of the inland health-resorts of South Carolina and Georgia / by W.H. Geddings. 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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![tioned in the table, except Cannes on the Riviera, which is 1 -2 per cent, drier. Rain and Snow.—The average amount of rain at Aiken during the six colder months is 23'1S inches. The rain-fall is greatest during the months of March and April, hot even in these months it seldom interferes with the out door exer- cise of the invalid. Of all the factors of climate, the rain-fall is the most misleading, the total amount varying greatly in different years and seasons. The quantity as measured in inches affords no criterion for judging of the dryness of a legality, as a large amount may fall in a few hours, while a much smaller amount may be distributed over several days. Hence, at health-resorts, the duration of the rain-fall is more important than the quantity which falls. One of the chief objects that an invalid has in view in going south is to be able to pass most of the time in the opeu air, and as this is curtailed by long-continued rain-storms, it is all-important to determine their duration. Unfortunately, I have been able to collect but little information on this point in regard to the places under consideration, the only record that has been made being the rather arbitrary one of the number of fair days. Table No. 10. Aerrmgt raw-fall ami number »f fair day* at Ail™ for rleren yean. January.., February.. March April November. Deoemlier. Months Winter Kjirinif. Haiti in N amber of iaehr*. fair days. 8M 1»| 8*2rt ] IP* 4-m 1 11 4-71 ! 23* 3 43 19* 3-2* *4 23 18 123 10*35 19* 12*88 21*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22310551_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
