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teach the military exercise in the cool of the niorninor, or 

 in the evening. Above all things sleeping in the open air 

 is to be shunned, as nothing is more pernicious than heavy 

 cold dews falling on a frame relaxed by the heat of a burn- 

 ing sun. 



MANAGEMENT AFTER RETURN TO EUROPE. 



If a great change takes place in the human fiame on first 

 entering the warm latitudes, a great corresponding chano-e 

 must also be occasioned by returning to the temperate clime. 

 If individuals thus restored to their native shores have not 

 already put on flannel clothing, they should lose no time in 

 doing so, making the shirt-sleeves come dmvn as far as the 

 wrist. Great attention must be paid to the state of the 

 bowels, bj' the use, when necessary, of some gentle aperient. 

 The diet should be regular, avoiding as much as possible 

 injurious mixtures ; in fact, dining when it can be done 

 on one, or at most two dishes. With regard to wine, sherry 

 and the best kind of Cape Madeira are perhaps the safest, 

 as they contain little or no acidity ; but even these must be 

 used moderately. No suppers should be taken. Nothing, 

 we can say with the most perfect certainty, conduces more 

 to preserve the health of old Indians than gentle exercise on 

 horseback. These remarks, it must be remembered, appljr 

 merely to those who come home free from any particular 

 bodily ailment ; those who suffer from peculiar affections 

 will of course make application to some professional man 

 who has been long enough in India to acquaint himself with 

 the maladies of that country, and long enough returned to 

 have judiciously remarked the effects of a change of climate 

 on the constitution. From misapprehension in such cases 

 on the part of inexperienced physicians, many an unfor- 

 tunate is sent to Cheltenham, or Bath, or Harrowgate, who 

 would have derived much more benefit from a very different 

 treatment under the salutary and natural influence of his 

 own native climate. We should not advise in every case to 

 abstain from those valuable waters ; but, it is certain, a very 

 nice discrimination is required to ascertain when they are 

 necessary ; and, further, we must regret that no such ap- 

 pointment has ever yet been made by the honourable com- 

 pany as that of a medical officer of experience in both coun- 

 tries (Icdia and England), who could at once be a physician, 



