Excerpt from A Handbook of Medical Climatology: Embodying Its Principles and Therapeutic Application With Scientific Data of the Chief Health Resorts of the World In choosing a health-resort for a given case it is not sufficient to select a locality the merits of which have been most loudly and persistently exploited by its advocates. That which the investigator discovers to be at once his chief necessity and his chief difficulty is the institution of a close comparison of weather from actual facts; therefore, accurate meteorological tables of comparison have been, as far as the limited data allowed, prepared for this treatise. Unfortunately, meteorological data concerning many resorts are non-existent, incomplete, or scanty; and without a sufficient knowl edge Of these facts no real estimate of the climate can be made. As an illustration, the Adirondack region, so justly prized as a breathing-space and playground for the sick and weary Of the Atlantic seaboard is a melancholy example of neglect in meteoro logical accounting by the stewards Of that noble heritage. Official reports, such as those of the United States Weather Bureau, are used when obtainable regarding any of the localities mentioned, and are supplemented by reliable reports of local observers, and much correspondence has been entered into to gain fresh knowl edge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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