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.and dry climate, especially when aided by a judicious 

 use of some of the preparations of iron, is, perhaps, more 

 marked, because often more rapid than in any other morbid 

 condition. It may be stated, in general terms, that the 

 same external circumstances that prove advantageous in 

 consumption, are of equal value in this complaint 



Decidedly beneficial results are witnessed also, in emphy- 

 sema of the lungs ; the tonic and sedative effects of the 

 atmosphere exert a favourable influence upon the air passages, 

 reducing the secretion, improving the breathing, restoring 

 sleep, and, these ends attained, the general health gradually 

 and surely improves. 



In internal congestions, pulmonary in particular, in heart 

 diseases, asthma, and indeed whenever there is imperfect 

 circulation of the blood, or difficulty of breathing, the extreme 

 purity of the Southport air is found to add greatly to the 

 comfort of the invalid, and where the disease is of short 

 standing, and circumstances are favourable, residence in this 

 locality is highly conducive to a cure. In the aged, in whom 

 there is reason to believe that structural change has already 

 taken place, disease has apparently stood still for years, and 

 a degree of comfort has been experienced to which the 

 patient has long been a stranger while living on a clay soil, or 

 in the neighbourhood of copious vegetation. Elderly people 

 suffering from asthma generally find the air of Southport 

 suitable for them, and many have made the place their per- 

 manent residence for this reason ; it is not uncommon to hear 

 them say that they cannot breathe so well anywhere else. 



In chronic rheumatism, and general, or partial paralysis, 

 the recovery is frequently very remarkable. That it should 



