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

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  - Publications (documents)
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- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_04_03_78_22
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His history was printed in 1714 and reprinted in i860 at Raleigh, N. C. He states: " The climate is very healthful, our summer is not so hot as in other places to the eastward in the same latitude. . . . Our sky is generally serene and clear, and the air very thin in comparison with many parts of Europe, where consumption and catarrh reign among the inhabitants. The winter has several fits of sharp weather, especially when the wind is northwest, which always clears the sky, though never so thick before. However, such weather is very agreeable to European bodies, and makes them healthy." The first scientist who probably visited this region was William Bartram, the botanist, who explored these ranges in the service of the distinguished Dr. Fothergill, of London, in 1772, and published the ever interesting report of his travels, in a now rare book, in London in 1778. He never tires of repeating his delight in the beauties of the landscape, the diversity and magnificence of the vegetation, and declares that the Indians, both male and female, are among the finest specimens of physical development he has ever seen of any nationality. F. A. Michaux, M.D., also an enthusiastic botanist, gives an interesting account of his travels and collections, which was translated and published in London in 1805. He says: "These mountains are getting inhabited very rapidly. The salubrity of the air, the goodness of the water, etc., are the causes which attract new settlers hither." Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, reports at considerable length an extensive botanizing tour made in 1841 in the mountains of North Carolina. He reviews the labors of the previous explorers, and adds much interesting information of a general, as well as of a special character. This is found in the American Journal of Science for April, 1842. The late Prof. C. W. Keny State Geologist of North Carolina for many years, wrote : "By reference to the Sanitary

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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)
- Type
  - 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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