e of the complaint; but Dr Burgess, after a
train of reasoning founded on scientific facts, comes to a conclusion
consonant with his own theory, that it is not adapted for consumption
in any stage or form whatever.

It is needless to follow our author to Naples, for this place is
admitted by all writers to be injurious in cases of pulmonary
consumption; but we may conclude this fragmentary survey by stating
that, according to Dr Burgess, the least injurious portions of Italy
are the Lake of Como and the city of Venice, _the air in neither of
them being warm, but in both equable_. Here we end as we began: 'It is
a mistake to suppose that a warm, humid, relaxing atmosphere can
benefit pulmonary disease. Cold, dry, and still air, appears a more
rational indication, especially for invalids born in temperate
regions.' It will be seen that our author differs occasionally from
both his great predecessors, Sir James Clark and M. Carriere; but even
in so doing, he has at least the merit of fairly opening out a most
important subject.

Let it be understood, that we have merely mentioned the nature of the
contents of this volume, without attempting to follow Dr Burgess
either in his reasonings or in the facts on which these are founded.
We have now only to recommend the work as one that will be found
highly interesting and suggestive, both by the medical and non-medical
reader.[3]

FOOTNOTES:

[2] _Climate of Italy in Relation to Pulmonary Consumption_: with
Remarks on the Influence of Foreign Climates upon Invalids. By T. H.
Burgess, M. D., &c. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1852.

[3] We print the above as we received it from a respectable
contributor, but without giving any opinion ourselves upon a subject
of which we are not qualified to judge.--_Ed. C. J._

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