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SlUI-TItnl'lC CA Limit XU 
THE CLIMATE OF SAN DIEGO. 
By B. J. Giieoo M.D. 
I 
I (but ncieriHJb-) theory of ftliuiADlnlinn; and 
his util 
who, when his unfortunate "mniwd-" 
rebel, proceeds to Ink'' mime pet s)x eifio 
rp, , . ~7 . ... , .. which bo knows to ho "good for" what 
Tll ° following nrlfcle isi wnth-u for the him. Jf irilII „ dint,- Wl ., mn ,| 0fs 
purpose of convoying to I hose mteroatod folhnv.il enn only I,. h. ,livi,„ i.rov, 
in climates u f,m uk of the oil mate of San dmee fuih- looltacbit 1. .ilinmir .-if. -ei , , 
IMcoo. Souie explanation of wind, *n.Mte J an rffiehuit cauai*. Tin- nano of tlii« in 
tvn er» opirnni,, coimtitotfts •» fl"«t valid i* hv/um, . . ,, faff iif.il untd 
Ikm.h.I tj.ut those io fecbli- health iimy pil j u t,d to the lif.. it, L», u, \\ lLlmi 
reasonably expect to ilorivi from cllttatic • « Stethoscope S,ni" 
advnulngoa h«H r «utM .urr-saary. IMioy. Tll( , K ,,, (l uti]hy „ f i»t ....... 1 .1 .) oh- 
it ‘BO holier motive Mggph fl.n ..rnimr-ty anv «tio.m is not |. |, ,, ,,, 
Th'fT, ' i lke ' ' 'h^UMbb. I lint „S many ,, po.-Mb 
Uvn . nl half H I, ; lo ,„ T Uf Iho,. phenomena with which met. 
bairn Mum a dozen deliberate falsehoods.; 0 |,.^ v deal* Mould bo , .barrel ami 
Extravngaut hopes ran only meet with dm- norded. But after all lb- main ultimate. 
! H olu . L ‘ “ ,v,,|1 r "hjoet «eemfi to be to dctrr.mn, ,|„. t 
politic to . \o.lo then. Ihavc UO l.tsiU- lin d indirect Hloots wrought In then 
lion mdeclaring toy bid,of that Mo curative phemm.Mm upon the h.ummeemnunv I. 
intb.cm o Of wul climiitM has been much ,* not well lu become so profoundly inU - 
ovorosl "mib'.l by some writers. Neither | ested in the mc/iu a, to loan sight of the rod 
KubMiln T 'Mi'"" B,w T ,BU N,,r '* H DWlwW'- 'll.'*' ! "»v in -trniuoiil ■ 
jmbstitoto foi a caicful ‘dvscTftiioc of pliye- wi )l r , v , ,• l„. devised .1,at will enable the 
SvSciaiJb.r I'"" r C ,Uj:i " M "‘- '"'sinner lo harvest at mice all the rich re- 
f P J J *'“V;V in • • ,5 b V p l ' n ' c1 TT '^8 Hint have heretofore rewarded .mlv 
A roHidence in San Ditrgoof twelvey„ nrs craft;""' 11 "°" mk "'" l hy " iteb ' 
will justify me in Bxpretwing an opinion An.! ■ 
about its climate; more especially ainco{ The ilnlicanre not. Ingo’sj but ,1m ifaliebmd 
those years have be. ,, spent in the practice ' hue keenly points mlr moral, which is: 
of medicine. If any one ever subjects ultimo i» an iriorodicnt of experience which 
cliruate lo severe te^s m the physician, no instruments will eJimmulc, Moreover 
all.d out every day of Ho veal, ft t, nil it is quite possible that, there an more 
iCIid'l Hin d w 1 ' l ,t ' (locU,r in llm . nan h-dyuml ,ls all. 
Moul.l 1 , 1 . bm.itc-wiM. ,f any , nft „ 1K . „u nls than arc- yet dreamed of in tlm 
?n.?L1 h °U h . m bl ’ S _T PW ,aU ^^ "/ ^‘".ll'hilosopl.y Of •• seopca." - m,te.s," ai d 
lx 
•«pt ns 
i neal r 
n 
•in 
n.d 
“1'* 
ere- 
not 
cli- 
aml Imt nli«hl.lv sensitive t„ subtle ebangos 
in the weather, them arc ever under his 
care Mown whoso feelings u r<. morbidly 
" graphs. 
It is proper just hero io «uy a word 
about llm icspoiiKibilily asauincd' by t.llMSO 
nm.l.v I , i g t \ r. huwi.i im- iiv,|.»uuhmiiuy usfiUIiiiMl |)V |.ln.,(i 
" „ ‘.Ti l ” m * * '*■ u : m " who may WO lit to advice invalids to M mk 
pcn.loi, ,u the l i "i. ,,,|it y, m the density, health hundred., of miles away from the 
and in the eleotiUMl and clmimoal comb- comfort* id Imme and the eonsolution i of 
•riHn iumirMlT'l 1 is Mmsou to holi! mtl.at 
run tell but pint of the;«-limalir story I lie this grave rcspon ubdil v i, nut ... 
SfjlS'' " ,a ' hltnl enuitly bit even by me,ileal men. IniaiiU 
■ >'-*■"'•» Mat have again and Uguin dec- have bfton ftilvis.nl In enue to s.mthe, „ , ,d, 
" ,nlp ' U f f ««. vut -Vi . foiiiin, win, wero so l„,p,d,.-*lv .Ime.^'l 
b T; ,K J t, ‘" r ""®J ,,{ ‘H»Muincnlftl that thry died WI1 U,r v, „ v t ..hav • 
tbSr Iff ' ftl "'T‘ - 1 ‘- "-‘KeMvd intIns bh but u*fmv weeks .fU„ 
< tmc» of . aiuirJial afle.itious, »u C h «- ar«. their arrival, Ono m ntlcmnn u f l( , ., 
clning of teruporaturn. when the Her -1 within three day# all. r lm w,ia cm n d 
tCJnal cmuHtlonl of‘ it U { ih « I H>u' . b anodop. The mlv i, 
At other time* ..M "i '‘ ,l " 08 phnic. . that induced liman UtiforlunalvH to stoit 
el anoes inTlm' bli,'"" 'T',\ "\ r ' uw . . long and Impel, <s j.mi uev 
SSSSSd *b l f m ri W \T ,,U t 1,1 ... k‘«- iu inn 
Srunla 1"‘•vulcc. of auub or bruUl indilfmv. tlm Miffriiu K » of 
The cm,,lino.. 1 it . . j «ltll»**i». Thin I Ally mum h,U-h hiUcUu o. 
vented cm not' . , " r,l ' c "‘" , ‘' r .V*t ' but it i» not uem ly Allti'iri t«, ;,o 
IK i u ‘e"S;5...' ’.. 
r,:,:* ALmi^‘ev;.ry , mm , h: , '‘ l ''"'t I"' ^ -'"P ''l""!"'"' " . .. 11 
suntr-scientific ih.V, . . M ( ' binputicnt imlessUn n uie, , eil.-ni,. > 
VI ,J. I , ’ nuiin.Ur-nddcn In- lo hope for leeovcrv the b .l tliixit* lie . n 
Sb'^r'T" 1 " 1 " “ V'^T ,lu *•'«•* nUv -V .«.! b, ,ns , u 
Of tlm mcieurv amt unBU.en '*»« -Hings of hoo.e uo.d he 
hungry uulv v h, n in, i, ; , ' *' ..‘"I, ' 1,0 '“ •» «'»u i ntir* lv n ,li 
potiits b, ihe , ,.i , “ V' 1 . Ul " dial then unspeakabb value until be Inc b it 
h 'uo procop!. of ftomo wild dm among strangei*. 
i Otily do invalids, b» a rule, come ton 
Into, Imt they expect too much Tbevsc, ,a 
• not to hove tlm a) ighttut conception of the 
nature and l atent. „t thi ben, tit tl.fy 
; have reason to expn t from a mild and 
| healthful climate. Perhaps M,*t la 
• old that if they will r- move to 
1»I»*-*, limy wiU 'drink in hv 
atm, gib will, > very breath. lln« delight¬ 
ful twaddle they* iiftm 
truth. • »f coTH-v’e. the c .. 
lion* l list (ire founded m< r» ly 
dulitjr weited by deld-rnti and not 
j pulous misraprcscnUtion*, ,-»n nu>«t 
with disappointment.. Go,-l bcaltl, h 
tbriiat upon one, even in the best i;f 
•nutes. It mu-t Is. .arm d. The earning 
process j., comparatively slow. It often 
I strqoi dmri of the invalid bop,- but 
j after all ban been done that »,-tc|,e« and 
> wpcricncacii sugjp t, th« r< niatn& only 
the ilu't iliildo. against which it i* childisii 
j and rnwardly to abut onr eves 
U Imn a buaine- man, anxious t.i a<bl 
JfoW* P0ttMMion8, lind. ,( imp.,Mild* to 
in, Tease Ida income, common »rum tells 
him there is but one other w™y to tlm at- 
liiinmerd ,,f hi-object. Hr ,n*.«f die. - 
hi- Thia i* a > <und financial *.». 
P do i.t. mid ttie principle is nv «x-»>j 
in tlm pursuit, of health u* in tb, seramblc 
I after monuy. Tlm condition of all mnn 
ilune life is cnn-lrint expense of forte 
Thin expense, which wo v . k to meet v itb 
tlm i(limine of energy derived front the 
food we eat, tin liquid* wo drink, and the 
i air we breathe, vane* greatly with ,>ur ch- 
j matin euviionment. Ami a climate is bad 
j or good in proportion to the *r. mt or little 
j vital cxpi uhc it rntarln Upon the human 
being* (hat cndur.i or enjoy n. 
Among the tuora ctutspicuoun 
, weste of vital force may K- in. 
frequent and violent storm*, extreme* of 
lienl, extreme* ,<! cold, • xc. vsive rainfall. 
| and main via. 
What is chuined for (lie «■) 
Jticgn is freedom from nil 
climatic d* feet*, Toniailwca 
slnnus atv not eoiuuiordv nuin 
elltnalie |u'culi*nltr* drtmnct 
M,u K Twain, in tin- l 'o>/i 
! of wit >,t tlu.i i vp. u,. ,-f Mr- 
wllJin h« d, serdny* on dn»i> 
of tenor bv ,iii irn,i. i nurv I 
Ul 
«■• of 
raid; 
i»1«i of San 
major 
aiiiler- 
ami th 
dnicd , 
list to 1 
MeVVilli, 
into a ft. 
altb. 
deal 
fjfl 
OUlg I, 
r.preu 
organi 
i unriug 
i rommin 
Allow.- 
lleense to , 
really a fat 
of ,|< beat, I 
nutTc i acoti 
which.'iu’ ' 
Mie.isMp, 
I here u 
gml pri'b 
stand tlx 
lo have every atom 
xlcil by u blinding fl 
then to lm irislanti 
lb. 
th 
ll M 
l V I* Cl, 
id I'Alll 
l- of pi 
Uj, (i \ 1 
T 1 1» (19# 
••nhhmi' losltlo.la to which the loin*,I,> «nd 
tin thnudi i .form apj ial I have sjo-nl 
inAt li t ii 
that make* tl 
router tin,v I* 
llj Utr.s, ,U1 | 
hi Jr confess In 
• tVlHH 
-lion, 
y nil 
do for the- bunioriat * 
, Mrs MoWilltttuta is 
t.vtive of n largo ela*» 
•d person* w to) *iways 
tie cm- teintio storms 
in th, valley of the 
who to take 
! others to under- 
iu Moimbrnt.n ,nv 
d on, s iTtatti ilw 
-h of lightning, aud 
ked into in> 
h of thunder 
tu-iubb t'> >tw 
luttuil drlight 
( hum- 
