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circumstances of the case. To treat consumption by change of climate on meteor- 

 ological grounds alone, is simply to endeavour to combat a symptom without 

 reference to the pathology of the disease, and it would be quite as reasonable to 

 expect a cure from the mere use of a poultice or a cough mixture. To dispatch 

 a consumptive patient to a foreign country only for meteorological reasons, if he 

 be unable to eijjoy the change, in spite of the anxiety, fatigue, and discom- 

 forts which must attend the sacrifice of his ordinary pursuits, the separation 

 from his friends and a sojourn amongst strangers, is not useless only, but cruel. 

 But this is a digression from which, perhaps, it would be better that I should 

 refrain. 



The order of the months according to the death-rate from bronchitis, from the 

 highest to the lowest, following the means of the six corresponding months as in 

 Table C, is as follows : — 



.January, 30-4 



Februai-y 300 



December, 26 9 



March, 25-2 



April, 22-8 



November, 22-7 



Mean, 



May, 16-9 



.Tune, 13-9 



October 12-4 



July, 10-5 



September 9 "5 



August, 87 



19-16 



The average monthly ratio of deaths from bronchitis, per 100,000 living at all 

 ages, in the eight larger towns of Scotland during the six years 1857-C2 inclu- 

 sive, is exhibited in the following table, together with some of the meteorological 

 characteristics of the corresponding periods: — 



Year. 



Mor- 

 tality. 



Mean 

 Temp. 



Mean of the 



Monthly 



Ranges of 



Temperature. 



Mean of 



the Daily 



Ranges of 



Temperature. 



Mean 

 Height of 

 Barometer. 



Mean of the 

 Monthly 

 Ranges of 



Barometer. 



Total 



Rainfall in 



Inches. 



Total of Days 

 on which N., 

 N.E., and E. 

 Winds blew. 



1860 



26-6 



44-5 



31-3 



11-8 



29-785 



1-444 



37-88 



105-0 



1862 



25-6 



46-1 



30-0 



11-5 



29-812 



1-218 



45 29 



74-0 



1861 



22-9 



46-9 



30-9 



11-6 



29-838 



1-099 



45-07 



830 



1858 



15-6 



46-6 



45-8 



12-8 



29-916 



1-294 



33-91 



74-0 



1857 



12-4 



48-0 



49-8 



11-8 



29-893 



1-236 



30-56 



98-8 



1859 



119 



46-7 



33-6 



12-7 



29-817 



1-289 



37-17 



76-0 



As in the case of bronchitis there is a very remarkable difference between the 

 death-rate in 1860 and that in 1859, instead of constituting factitious years for 

 comparison, I may in this instance contrast the year of the highest with the year 

 of the lowest death-rate. This is done in the following table: — 



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