Climatic Treatment of Disease: Western North Carolina as a Health Resort

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- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_04_03_78_07
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of a bacillary cause, this aseptic state of the atmosphere is theoretically accepted as promising good results, and sanitary stations for mountain-air treatment of consumptives have been established at several selected points in the Alps, where the comforts of home life are furnished to invalids. Of these health resorts, Davos and St.Moritz are the most popular. St. Moritz is 6,000 feet and Davos is over 5,000 feet above the sea level, and the latter has become noted for winter treatment, although the average temperature from November to March is only 23° F. The number of visitors at Davos last winter was over 1,000, and careful provision is made for home comfort. The patients are urged to be active out of doors within the limit of fatigue. Each year adds to the number of invalids resorting to these mountain sanitaria, and the statistics show good results. It should, however, be borne in mind that the cases sent to these resorts are those selected in the incipient stages of disease, and this is to be taken into the account in the deductions that the Recoveries average one-fourth ; also the time elapsing after the treatment has been too short to determine with accuracy the results. This pertains in criticism to the statistics of other similar localities, but it is by no means an easy task to secure satisfactory data, and such a problem can never be subjected to a mathematical analysis. A recent medical visitor writes as follows : " I saw the well known "apostle" of Davos, Dr. Spengler, and his son-in-law, Dr. Peters, whose cordial reception I will not fail to mention here. They gave me much valuable information about Davos and its value as a health resort. They seem to aim chiefly at strengthening the general system, and the heart in particular. I do not think they make systematic use of the milk-cure or of the douche; but the methodical walks? up hill form part of the curative system. Consumptive patients are benefited by their stay here if

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Henry Orlando Marcy (1837-1924) was a medical doctor practicing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1885, Dr. Marcy published this paper, “The Climatic Treatment of Disease” with the subhead, “Western North Carolina as a Health Resort.” His article was often cited by the Appalachian National Park Association as a reason for having a national park in the southern Appalachians. The article was reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1885.
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- Creator
  - Marcy, Henry O. (Henry Orlando), 1837-1924
- Format
  - Publications (documents)
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  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1885-12-26
  - Date digitized: 2015-02-03
- Extent
  - Dimension: 8" x 5.5"
  - Pages: 25 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - North Carolina, Western
  - Asheville (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Appalachian National Park Association Records
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_04_03_78
- Repository
  - North Carolina Western Regional Archives

Climatic Treatment of Disease: Western North Carolina as a Health Resort

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