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frames, ulcerating glandular enlargements, and pallid coun- 

 tenances, is lamentably large. The local complaints under 

 which they suffer, are only the symptoms of constitutional 

 degeneration, which requires the long-continued employment 

 of constitutional measures for removal or improvement. 

 A marine atmosphere, sea-bathing, warm clothing, nourishing 

 diet, and other hygienic measures are the essential remedies. 

 The special advantages which Southport offers in these cases, 

 over other sea-side resorts, are the dryness of its atmosphere, 

 and its walks, the safety of its sea-bathing, and the unfailing 

 occupation which children find in digging in the sand. 



It might be supposed that the advantages of a sea-side 

 residence, as well as the other special local advantages offered 

 by Southport, would be of little importance in affections of the 

 digestive organs. Such a supposition, however, would be erro- 

 neous. Many forms of dyspepsia are greatly relieved by change 

 from a raw cold climate to a warmer locality, in conjunction 

 with the utmost attention to diet, and regular exercise, either 

 on horseback or on foot. In those cases of dyspepsia par- 

 ticularly, where the mucous membrane of the stomach is 

 irritable, the improvement is very marked. The same may 

 be said of similar states of the intestinal membrane, in chronic 

 diarrhoea. It would be impossible to particularise the 

 affections of the liver and other organs which have been 

 benefited by this climate, or which, at all events, have seemed 

 to owe their cure to a long continuance of its influence. 



The forms of dyspepsia which seem to derive most benefit 

 from the climate of Southport, are those which present in 

 addition to the usual local symptoms an enfeebled and 

 languid condition of all the functions, a pale countenance, the 



