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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    Dharampur, 14 miles from Kalka, and at Solon, 30 miles from Simla. The Simla range may be regarded as a ridge running in a south-easterly direction from the higher to the sub-Himmalayan mountain system. The ridge again is composed of a series of ridges and smaller spurs, having on the whole a crescentic form, culmi- nating to the east in the massive peak of Jakko, and to the west in another peak known as Prospect Hill. Close to the west base of Jakko, the ridge gives off a spur to the north, which is known as Elysium; another spur runs east from Jakko, connecting this mountain with the Muhassoo range, five miles distant. The locality may, therefore, be regarded as a series of ridges and spurs, open on the north-east to the snowy range, and on the west to the plains, which are distant in a direct line 40 miles. The total area of the station of Simla is about six square miles. The hills are well wooded by forests of oak, deodar, and rhododendron, and the station presents a striking aspect, most of the houses gleaming light and white from dark-green foliage. The distant views are also very fine. The valleys immediately north and south are beautifully wooded, and across the latter the Kusowli and Subatho hills appear close at hand, while beyond these on a clear day the plains of Umballa are distinctly visible. To the south-east is the great Chor mountain; to the east the Muhassoo ridge clothed with deodar forest confines the view, but to the north are seen the ranges on the other side of the Sutlej valley covered with dense forest, and backed in the distance by the magnificent line of the snowy range. The geological formation consists of metamorphic rocks, indurated shale, conglomerate, limestone, and