prominence as a health-resort, and rendered it, for the English


invalids


least, a medical Mecca, has failed to respond satis-


factorily to the test of time and experience.


One who wishes


to get a thorough eypoeb of the peculiarities of Italian climate,
from a responsible source, should consult the entertaining book


of Dr.
Bermud


James Johnson on Change of Air."


la


through


s lately
efforts of


'been


recalled


a transportation


The climate of


some


prominence


company;


those


who


have remained there for a few weeks have been more in-


jured


than


benefited.


Those


who


merely


made the voyage,


and remained but a week or two, have seemed to be somewhat
improved in health.


little


been


known among our people concerning


climate of Florida.


Comparatively


visited the


State
long


prior to
Seminole


war.


War


Many causes conspired to this


unsettled


state of


affairs for many


years after; the impossibility of securing any decent accommo-


dation for invalids


then the civil war checked travel and immi-


gration, and rendered the State still a terra incognita.


Now,


everything has
there, especially


changed.


one


who


paid a visit


John's River region, for three or


four years, it is as if the magician's wand had been waved over


Not only


those


seeking health, but settlers, in the shape


of farmers, of men of means, even of wealth, of education, and


refinement


, have been pouring in along the river counties;


many


as twelve


thousand


have


been


estimated as the influx


into


Orange County alone


in twelve


months.


Forests have


been leveled.


Orange-groves have taken their places.


Schools


and
ety
-few


churches have sprung up, and refined and agreeable soci-


can
short


be found over a large extent of country,
t years ago a howling wilderness existed.


here but a
 The tide


of invalid travel having been diverted from its usual channels


this favored


spot, the attention of


the medical profession


has naturally


been attracted there also, and a growing desire


has been manifested to secure reliable and definite information
in place of the various conflicting reports which are constantly


flooding thi


Journals
collected


and magazines of


coun try.


The


a large amount of valuable infarmtiom


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