r


OO)8'


,t*


explain


effect


elevation.


effect is due mainly to the necessity fdrpreater


obeat in consequence of
 *t A


the rarefactionof the air; 4
 S1- i i 1


ascribes it to a cause, among othersja t the rever


-nor


ozone,


oxyd izing


thus


requiring less
parative state


power


lessening


air from


amount of air


e presence
necessary,.


expansion, placing the crippled


as it were.


organ,


all the


been disproved by further observations.


strated," says


Schreiber (op.


cit.),


" that


"It was soon i
the altitude at


immunity come


nced varied


with


latitude,


being


the nearer we approach the


equator, which could not be


the above theory were


correct, the law of


diminished prnes


being everywhere


ony, at


same."


expense of


had nothing to do with


"An


inquiry instituted in


government, proved


immunity,


very


high


that elev


localities


Riesengeberge


exhibiting


large


peros


N phthisis as soon as the inhabitants turned their attention


industrial arts, such as mining


manufacture of


while


on the


other


diminished when the


hand


percentage


people were


engaged


in the low
in agriou


cattle-raising.


In other words, that


it was the abundantq


good air and not any peculiar property of it which eff


. good


results.


are the assertions of


writers as to'the b
 '


plete immunity of the natives of high altitudes


the world, in


in other m


the Jauja mountains of Peru, for intanoe,


;.' firmed by later observers, although all agree that C>a


.ie rare;*


but so it is in Florida among the white rac;


c -


in the exceptional


cases


bad food and bad habits.


being, as a general rule,
n fact, it is now suof$l


demonstrated that it is to be found everywhere. Rim
lo4tpn, M. D., Senior Physician to the oedebrf~d


ngland, says :t


"And


here


now rapidly dylngo-6i q:


a'lk.


*- q

in
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