Physical and Medical Climate and Meteorology of the West Coast of Africa: With Valuable Hints to Europeans for the Preservation of Health in the Tropics

Churchill, 1867 - Africa, West - 321 pages

CHAPTER I	1

Physical and chemical objections in estimation of Ozone	11

Thermometrical Observations for May taken in the Bights and River	14

The medical division of the year	17

Thermometrical Observations for August taken at Accra Gold Coast	20

Thermometrical Observations for January taken on the Gold Coast	25

CHAPTER III	66

THE CARDINAL POINTS	76

Description of the proximate cause of the Harmattan wind	200

Diseases of the Hot Seasons	208

Physical effects of hot climate in the Human Economy	214

The effects of Ozone on Malarious Fevers	220

Views on periodicity of Ague and the action of Quinine	227

CHAPTER XIV	234

The influence of the neighbourhood of the sea on towns	236

Duties of health officer in the River Gambia under ordinance	241

Description of the site of Sierra Leone its towns and villages	82

Description of the sites of the principal towns in the Bight	90

Effects of great heat on the intellectual faculties of man	98

The nature of the soil in respect to certain pathological conditions	106

Gold Coastits volcanic origin igneous rocks c water supply	112

CHAPTER VIII	161

CHAPTER IX	173

Results of high temperature on Jollof and other tribes residing	176

Table of Elastic Force of Aqueous Vapours	179

Calculations of the quantity of Rainfall at Freetown in 1829 1858	187

CHAPTER XI	198

Yellow Fevercases on board the mail steamers	244

Dr T Graham Balfours summary of rate of mortality of British	252

Account of Hygrometer Saturation of Atmosphere and Dewpoint	260

CHAPTER XV	269

Rules for the regulation of the Food in the Tropics	276

Rules for the regulation of Bathing in the Tropics	282

Precautions necessary for the prevention of Malarious Fever	288

Precautions necessary for the prevention of Cholera	294

គ ន ដ	308

Position of Monrovia and Cape Palmas	316

Title	Physical and Medical Climate and Meteorology of the West Coast of Africa: With Valuable Hints to Europeans for the Preservation of Health in the Tropics Physical and Medical Climate and Meteorology of the West Coast of Africa with Valuable Hints to Europeans for the Preservation of Health in the Tropics, Horton
Author	James Africanus Beale Horton
Publisher	Churchill, 1867
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	11 Dec 2008
Length	321 pages

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