288 Dr Burke 071 the Estahlishncnt of' an Invalid Depot 



rather must be, established by the sanction and authority of go- 

 vernment. Landour, the site of this sanitory depot, is a part 

 of the elevated rangc'of the Himalayah mountains, which rises 

 above the Deyrah Doon. The centre part of this range, called 

 Mussooree Tibi and Landour, has for some years been resorted 

 to by invalids : houses were erected there by them, and an ex- 

 perimental physic garden for rhubarb, &c. established. It en- 

 joys a delightful climate, presenting as great a degree of equa- 

 bility of temperature from summer to winter, and from day to 

 night, as can be desirable. In summer, the temperature is low, 

 and all accumulation of heat is prevented by the coolness of the 

 breeze which ascends from the valleys. The transition to the 

 rains makes hardly any difference in the temperature; and 

 though the weather is gloomy occasionally, it is pleasant and 

 healthy. In the month of October, or at the conclusion of the 

 rains, the sky is so clear, the air so mild and still, that the cli- 

 mate is said to be perfectly delightful. This clearness and pu- 

 rity of the atmosphere continues throughout the months of Oc- 

 tober and November. The approach of the cold is so gradual, 

 and its degree so moderate, as to be well calculated to brace the 

 system, when improved by a previous residence among the hills. 



The eligibility of this climate for restoring to health Euro- 

 peans labouring under diseases induced by a residence in India, 

 is not now fortunately so much a problem to be solved, as an 

 inference to be drawn. The hills have been visited for several 

 years for the recovery of health, and the Mussooree range has 

 been resorted to for the last four years, during which time in- 

 dividuals of both sexes have resided there during the hot sea- 

 son and rains, and all speak in raptures of the dehght they ex- 

 perienced, and the recovery the invalids had. 



In the selection of the cases of invalids of his Majesty's ser- 

 vice to be sent to the sanitory depot, some consideration was re- 

 quired on the nature of the diseases which were likely to be be- 

 nefited by the chmate. The diseases most prevalent in India, 

 such as fevers, dysentery, liver complaint and spleen (where 

 there was no serious structural disease in the two latter), with 

 the cases of those who at the conclusion of the rains particularly 

 suffer from a suspension of the functions of the liver, and a tor- 

 pid state of the viscera, as well as of others who are well in the 



