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bl}^ at Kotergherry and Ootacamund, it is possible by well- 

 timed changes from one to the other, to avoid much of the 

 unpleasant weather at both. I am in the constant habit of 

 transferring the more delicate classes of invalids to Koter- 

 gherry or Coonoor, whenever I perceive that they are retro- 

 grading, or stationary, at Ootacamund ; and the benefit derived 

 has been of the most marked description, particularly at the 

 commencement of the monsoon, when the highly electrical 

 state of the atmosphere occasions much suffering to a ma- 

 jority of our patients. 



Section 3. — Effects of the Climate on Indian 

 Diseases, in detail. 



The following observations are the result of my experience 

 in more than 300 cases, of the most varied description. Of 

 these, 129 were European soldiers, treated in the con- 

 valescent depot, and 132 were officers, civil and military. 



The time, at which the sanative effects of the climate 

 begin to appear, varies considerably in different diseases, and 

 in different individuals labouring under the same disease. 

 In some, the restoration is immediate, and permanent ; in 

 others, it is followed by slight relapses, and in a great many 

 cases, there is little or no amendment for many months. 

 This is particularly the case with females, upon whom the 

 climate is much longer in producing an effect, than on the 

 other sex, and they derive decidedly more benefit at first 

 from the milder climates of Kotergherry, and Coonoor, than 

 of Ootacamund. If the accommodation were sufficient, I 

 should be disposed to send all ladies, and a considerable pro- 



