On Phthisis and the Supposed Influence of Climate (Classic Reprint): Being an Analysis of Statistics of Consumption in This Part of Australia

Excerpt from On Phthisis and the Supposed Influence of Climate: Being an Analysis of Statistics of Consumption in This Part of Australia

During many voyages in medical charge of passenger ships sailing between England and various parts of the world - India, China, North and South America, the West Indies, and six several times to different ports in Australia, the author had fair means of noting the effect of sea life on health, and of early hearing about the good repute Australian climates were rapidly gaining for their supposed salutary influence, especially over phthisis.

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