302 THE SEASONS CLIMATE AND HEALTH 



Compare the sunshine map for the winter months with the relative 

 humidity map for the same months. Is there any similarity? Ex- 

 plain why this should be so. 



321. The Ideal Climate. There is no such thing as a cli- 

 mate which is ideal for all people or for any person every 

 month in the year. A climate which exactly suits one person 

 may be unacceptable to another. Many people are well 

 pleased with the climate of southern California near the coast. 

 What are the characteristics of that climate, as regards: (1) 

 Temperature, summer and winter; (2) humidity, summer and 

 winter; (3) annual rainfall; (4) sunshine, summer and winter; 

 (5) altitude; (6) wind velocity; (7) evaporation? 



For many years northeastern New Mexico has been regarded 

 as the center of a very favorable region for the treatment of 

 tubercular patients. What are the characteristics of that 

 region? 



322. Seeking Health in a Change of Climate. Just as 

 Ponce de Leon and other adventurers of the 15th and 16th 

 Centuries were journeying over the earth in search of the 

 "fountain of youth," so thousands of people are now constantly 

 on the move in search of a climate which insures them better 

 health. They spend their winters in southern California or 

 Florida and their summers in the Adirondacks or on the 

 northern lakes and are ever seeking renewed health. Some- 

 times these changes of climate are made at the advice of the 

 physician. Probably many experience beneficial effects from 

 such changes of climate and occupation. However, some 

 questions may well be asked : Do the beneficial effects result 

 entirely from the change in climate ? Was that the only climate 

 which would have benefited the patient? To what extent do 

 other elements, such as change of occupation, rest from labor, 

 change in habits, change in companions, and freedom from 

 responsibility, enter as factors? Those who have given the 

 largest amount of thought to this matter and who are best 

 able to judge agree that these are difficult questions to answer. 



