CLIMATE AND


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HEAL TH.


ogy of Florida," which Dr. Charles J. Kenworthy, Presi-
dent of the Florida Medical Association, delivered at a re-
cent meeting of that Society. The address has since been
published in pamphlet form, and should be read in its en-
tirety by those who would obtain precise and statistical
information as to the climate and hygienic conditions of
Florida; but the following somewhat copious extracts will
serve to indicate the general conclusions which Dr. Ken-
worthy has reached, and the evidence upon which those
conclusions are based. He says:

 "Difference of opinion exists in the profession regard-
ing the effects of climate in the treatment of pulmonary
and other diseases. Having been a member of the profes-
sion for over the third of a century, and having treated dis-
ease in private practice, as well as in several hospitals in
the United States and in other lands, I have reason to be-
lieve that I am justified in expressing mine. My reason for
settling in this State was my wife's health. She was a suf-
ferer from phthisis, aggravated by a Northern climate.
From my personal knowledge of the climatic advantages of
this State, acquired by frequent visits, the first in 1844, I re-
solved upon settling in Jacksonville. As a result of change
of climate, combined with rational medication, my wife
was restored to health. In 1849 I was connected with
Bellevue and Blackwell's Island Hospitals, New York, and
contracted typhoid fever and cholera, followed by post-
mortem poisoning; and impaired health was the result.
Tracing my family history, I found that my mother and
fourteen of her brothers and sisters had died of phthisis.
With impaired health, a laryngeal affection, and an heredi-
tary predisposition to tuberculosis, I had anything but a
bright prospect before me. I looked to climate as my
sheet-anchor, and sailed for Australia, and a dry and warm
climate improved my health ; and to-day, as you can all per-
ceive, I am in the enjoyment of as good health as usually
falls to the lot of men of my age. After a permanent resi-
dence in this State of nearly six years, I am convinced of
its healthfulness and the superiority of its climate, and deem
myself warranted in expressing an opinion..