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ORLANDO FLORIDA WINTER 

 RESORT. 



BY JAMES N. BUTT, M. D. 



One is supposed to write with 

 some prejudice in regard to his 

 own home. It is reasonable to ex- 

 pect that, after living amongst a 

 people, sharing their patronage 

 and hospitality, one would be in- 

 fluenced in their favor. I beg to 

 state, however, that this is not a 

 patent medicine advertisement. 

 Florida is not a panacea for human 



been engaged in the practice of his 

 profession. 



Orlando is a desirable health re 

 sort for hay fever, asthma, bron- 

 chitis, rheumatism, and consump- 

 tion. These diseases can be re- 

 lieved, in Orlando, and sometimes 

 cured when reparation is reason- 

 ably possible. There are, of course, 

 many lung troubles beyond the 

 hope of relief. Florida climate 

 will not grow new lungs, nor 

 .supply wasted limbs; it is criminal 

 to send desperate cases to Florida. 

 Many people come here in the last 



ills; we share with others the inev- 

 itable calamities incident to life. 

 Yet I venture to offer some obser- 

 vations of the immediate section, 

 stating what I know in regard to 

 Orlando, Florida, as a climatic re- 

 sort, for the relief and cure of 

 troubles aggravated by a frigid 

 climate, together with some of its 

 advantages as a permanent home. 

 I may state that the writer is a 

 graduate in medicine, University of 

 Pennsylvania, class of 1855, and 

 has for the past sixteen years re- 

 sided in Orlando, where he has 



"THE DARROW", ORLANDO, FLA. 



stage of consumption, only to die 

 among strangers, deprived of the 

 Comforts of home. Before coming 

 to Orlando, consult your family 

 physician. If he thinks that relief 

 is possible, then come at once, and 

 prepared to stay not for a day, 

 week, or month, but forever, if 

 necessary. Stay just as long as 

 you are convalescent to return 

 north, even after you think you are 

 well is in many cases fatal. To get 

 the benefits of the climate one must 

 stay winter and summer; to make 



