fe6i Isles of .suMsfEit. 



1880, supplemented by that of Florida in April, affected an ap- 

 parent cure. 



We knew of an instance where a person suffering from catarrh 

 of the bladder found great relief at Nassau. 



A judge from the city of New York was stopping at the Vic- 

 toria Hotel when we arrived in 1879, who was sufferiDg from 

 what was thought to be a softening of t]ie brain. In such cases, 

 perhaps, a more tonic atmosphere is desirable. He attempted 

 to resume his judicial labors soon after his return, but found 

 himself incapacitated. 



We made the acquaintance at Nassau, in 1879, of a lady who 

 was then apparently cured of a bronchial disease, but she had 

 some return of it the following summer in tlie mountains of North 

 Carolina. 



It is impossible in a great many cases to know beforehand with 

 certainty what effect the air of the Bahamas will produce — wheth- 

 er favorable or unfavorable. It is not adapted to meet the neces- 

 sities of all. Nassau is unlike the pool of Siloam, that cured all 

 comers. Some are prostrated in its warm enervating air. A 

 medical gentleman informed us that in confirmed consumption 

 it relaxes the tissues, and that severe hemorrhages follow. If 

 good in that complaint at all, it is only in its early stages. This 

 we learned both from observation and from the testimony of 

 physicians on the spot. One of these said to us, "Don't recom- 

 mend these islands for consumption and rheumatism." A resi- 

 dent physician of good repute declared the climate bad for rheu- 

 matism. A young clergyman, prostrated by a pulmonary com- 

 plaint in the dawn of what promised to be a most useful life, 

 went over in the same steamer with us, in 1879, and for sometime 

 it seemed doubtful if he would ever be able to leave the island 

 alive. We were told in Nassau, in 1880, that his health waa 

 improved. 



