Health resorts for tropical invalids in India, at home, and abroad / by W.J. Moore.

Date:
1881
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Credit: Health resorts for tropical invalids in India, at home, and abroad / by W.J. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Wular Lake; Tsirar, seventeen miles frnm Sirinagar; Panpur, five miles away on the right bank of the Jhelum. Deer, antelope, black bears, and higher in the hills snow bears, may be found, while the pursuit of the ibex forms one of the greatest charms to the sportsman. Yet, notwithstanding all the advantages enumerated, the opinion cannot be endorsed, that Cashmir is ‘ an actual terrestrial paradise, blessed by bountiful nature with every advantage of water, soil, and climate.’ As already mentioned, although not the fault of nature, pure drinking water is a difficulty, while overcrowding of the encamping ground has rendered bowel com- plaints somewhat frequent. It is doubtful if Cashmir is at all suitable for either disorder of the bowels or affections of the liver. The March air is severe, and there is often unavoidable exposure to cold and wet, and in Sirinagar frequently indifferent food and water, so that more harm than benefit often results in such maladies. In any case, persons who go to Cashmir for their health should not remain at Sirinagar. The climate, owing to the lakes and morasses, is more re- laxing than that of other parts of the valley. On the contrary, some parts of the valley are extremely salu- brious ; good food, fresh atmosphere, and healthy ex- ercise being obtainable to a greater extent, than at Sirinagar. Four or five months, from May to Sep- tember, may be spent very pleasantly in Cashmir (taking care to avoid Sirinagar during July and August) by the healthy person, or by those only requiring rest and relaxation from business, and change of scene. But the trip is not suitable for the invalid. Neither should children be taken there, as they are particularly liable to disordered bowels; while milk, owing to cattle feeding