Oceohobee region,


" which is as


little known to the outside


world as Amazonian forests, East India


of equatorial Africa."
jets of interest, there


Besides


jungles, or the


the natural beauties and


akes
ob-


are some of the most interesting relics


of the mound-builders to be found in the State.


Their location


and peculiarities are described in the December (1875) number


of the Forest and Streaom, with a map.


Visitors


last winter


found


much to


interest


them in


their visits


mounds


which are scattered along the St. John's River above Pilatka,


and their explorations
ancient art scattered a


therein.


These


remarkable


works of


over our country are still a mystery,


to some extent, to our scientific


authorities, and


an examlna-


tion of the subject, as found discussed in the many interesting


works


by Baldwin,


Jeffries


Wyman,


others, in


connect


with


the explorations and


prosecute themselves in Florida,


examinations which they can
will be found to afford agree-


* able and perhaps profitable diversion to
considerable portion of the winter.


body and


mind for a


Physicians, in sending their patients South,


frequently ad-


vise them by all


means "to avoid


drugs and


doctors."


The


same advice, at home, might'often be good for those who have


a propensity for too much indulgence in these


in some


instances,
 e


saved


doubtless


uxurics (?)


invalids


here


; and
from


injudicious medication and advice.


But, from my experience


last winter, I


judge


that


a much


larger number


have


been


directly injured by it, and, not infrequently, it has cost them


their lives, through neglect of the early treatment of serious
complications. Any physician in large practice in Florida, or
any boarding-house keeper, can furbish instances of this kind.


There


is no prominent


resort


in Florida


where respectable


medical advice cannot be had-advice .which would


certainly


* be far


better than the usual


plan of trusting to


luck or


ture, or the advice of lady-friends, or the carefully-put-up bot-


ties and


packages


brought


from


North


indications for treatment which may chance
long winter. Upless the medical knowled(
skill could also be bottled up to accompal


meet all


to arise during a


diagnostic


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