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and debility resulting from it, of dysentery and diarrhoea depen- 

 dent on malaria, and where the liver is scarcely affected, and 

 generally to all cases of debility and cachexia, however caused, 

 if the abdominal viscera are in a tolerably healthy condition. It 

 is quite unsuited to rheumatic and arthritic affections generally, 

 and to cases in which organic disease of the abdominal viscera 

 has become established. In the latter, a temporary residence 

 may not be, under certain circumstances, prejudicial. It is 

 hardly necessary to observe, that to obtain the greatest benefit 

 from a sanatarium, wherever situated, care and judgment must 

 be exercised in the selection of cases to send to it. 



In confidently affirming that healthy Europeans will thrive as 

 well in the climate of Dhurmsalla as in that of England, I am 

 convinced I am justified; and if proper care, self-denial, and 

 persistence in taking exercise could be ensured, the rains would 

 be innocuous. For children of European parentage, the climate 

 may be recommended with the utmost confidence. 



2. The convalescent depot buildings occupy the point of the 

 western spur described in sect. 1, and are about 5,750 feet above 

 the sea. The site is clear, dry and open, the drainage excellent, 

 and the position in all respects one of the most desirable in the 

 station. The buildings consist of two barracks w T ith the requisite 

 cooking and other outhouses, a hospital with its various out- 

 houses, an apothecary's house, a commissariat Serjeant's house and 

 godown,* and two houses for the commanding and medical officers. 



The cook rooms, &c. &c. are of course detached from the 

 main buildings, and from one another. The barracks and other 

 buildings are of cut sandstone and lime, with slated and planked 

 roofs and stone floors. As mentioned in sect. 1, the stone is 

 porous to a degree, and as the external walls of the buildings 

 are not lime plastered, the rain beats through them where ex- 

 posed, and renders them damp in some parts. The barracks 

 and the hospital face to the north and south. Each barrack 

 consists of one long room, partly divided into three by curtain 

 walls, and has accommodation for sixteen or eighteen men, and at 

 the ends of each, there are two rooms for married couples, and 

 for store-rooms. The whole accommodation they afford is there- 

 fore for thirty-six or forty men, and four women. The venti- 

 lation is good, by roof air-vents, chimneys, and doors and 

 windows. There are fireplaces at both ends of the barrack- 

 rooms, and in each of the married quarters. The buildings are 

 * Warehouse, store-room. 



