Author : Frederick D. Lente
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781397213853
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (138 download)
Book Synopsis Florida As a Health-Resort (Classic Reprint) by : Frederick D. Lente
Download or read book Florida As a Health-Resort (Classic Reprint) written by Frederick D. Lente and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Florida as a Health-Resort And crystal lakes. A study of most of the works on Florida, from that of Le Moyne, who visited the territory as artist to the French expedition under Laudonniere in 1564, and the Bartrams, who visited it as naturalists in 1772, to the latest publications, including periodicals, pamphlets, and' newspa pers; access to all the records bearing upon the subject in the possession of the War Department, the library of the Surgeon General, and other depositories in Washington; a careful col lation of the various meteorological and other tables included in these records; personal interviews with distinguished medi cal officers of the army, who have served in all parts of Flor ida, and with many of the scientific and medical residents of the State, with some of her representatives in Congress; and, lastly, the opportunity for consulting a considerable number of the thousands of intelligent visitors and invalids, who passed through, or located for the season at the writer's winter residence, have afforded him unusual facilities for unraveling' the intricacies of the subject so graphically described by Scoresby Jackson. The last source of information, as regards the relative merits of various climates, he considers of more value than all the others, more so than even an extended per sonal observation. For invalids are by far the best judges of climate; they are living barometers and hygrometers. Here, you have the opportunity to question and cross-question the reporters, and not only thus to arrive at the truth, but, what the books seldom give, the whole truth. All of these indi viduals were intelligent and educated people, most of them invalids who had traveled the world over in search of health, and tested its renowned sanitary resorts, some of them winter after winter. Few of them had any particular prejudice for or against any special locality, save from its actual effect, but were, from self-interest, in search of the best. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
