A't; C^ OacnSiTUnriret's P rapid cure, as all the military operations went on notwithstanding this large amount of sickness. The' percentage of deaths from diseases of the respiratory especially noteworthy--only cases among the 19,000 diseases treated. Notwithstanding dampness, raifl exposure, there were only cases of plearitis and 25 of p monia. have Lawson (letter "and have served to the served Hon. also with Florida," says Surgeon-Ga D. L. Yulee, U. 8. Senate, 18 5. an army on the northern frontjt and from my experiencS of operations of the army in the influence of field on the climate and health of have no hesitation in expressing the belief that, had the t: engaged of time n the in active Florida war been engaged for the same operations, in winter summer, frontiers of Ca less numerous nada, though the cases of disease might have bee(6^ , the mortality would have been infinitely greatW than was experienced in Florida." course there are here as in other States , healthy and un' healthy areas, and areas where the summer heat is found to bb more intolerable than in others. It behooves the settler, thereat: fore, or the invalid, if he proposes to make the State manent residence, to look well to this circumstance. St. John's river and its the summer and autumn Along t4 P 1 vicinity, malarious diseases are, during , more prevalent in some localities theaat others especially where once, and commence clearing the numbers of hammocks people locate and swamps on large scale, in order to form a village or " settlement." which have been reputed healthy have become the reverse, admitting the sun's rays suddenly and extensively to a au previously shaded forest undergrowth, and1 trying it up with the plow. This is a well-known remarkable instance of this action over a large etet a the unusual prevalence of malaria during gh ane years over a large portion of the nhd .i Jr A -. A a 4 01 the Wea S< 1 -4 *4r I M S airy S ' > -?