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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt:...of appropriate remedies, and with common precaution against exposure to great atmospherical changes. By the moderate exercise of the lungs in the open air, the general system would be strengthened; the quality of the blood would be improved; and the further deposition of tubercule would often be prevented. The muscular system being exercised, the prejudicial concentration of the nervous power upon internal organs would likewise be prevented; the functions of digestion, pulmonary and cutaneous exhalation, would be more perfectly performed; and the tendency to a congestive state of internal viscera, so commonly attendant upon a sedentary mode of life, or residence in a too warm climate, which incapacitates for muscular exertion---would be removed. The patients moml would, moreover, be agreeably affected by being much out of doors in any locality presenting a variety of objects calculated to engage his attention, and his mind would be prevented from dwelling on gloomy thoughts, which could not fail to exert a most beneficial influence upon his health; whereas, if a patient so circumstanced were to remain during a winter in any very E equable climate, breathing several months the same kind of air, especially in a country presenting little resource for occupation or recreation, his system would, in all probability, be enervated instead of strengthened, and his disease, if it did not increase, would probably remain stationary, or would make but little progress towards a cure. Vhere there exists a marked predisposition to pulmonary disease, whether it be derived from an hereditary source, or acquired from the influence of other causes, the climate of Nice would be beneficial in many cases, especially in young subjects, and where such...