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The Change Of Climate In The Middle Colonies Of North-America.
A considerable change in the temperature of our seasons , may doubtless effect a change in the produce of our lands . -Temperate seasons must be friendly to meadows and pasturage , provided we continue to get regular supplies of rain ; but of this , there is some reason to-doubt , unless our mountains , with which this country happily abounds , should befriend us greatly . The decrease of our frosts and snows in wintermust for injurious to
, many years prove our wheat and winter ' s grain . The vicissitudes of freezing and thawing have already become so frequent , that it is high time for the farmer to provide some remedy , whereby he may prevent his wheat from being thrown out in the winter season . A considerable change in the temperature of our seasons may oneday oblige the tobacco planter to migrate towards the Carolinas and
Florida , which will be the natural retreat of that plant , when the seasons admonish the Virginian to cultivate wheat and Indian corn . The tender vine , which would now be destroyed by our winter ' s frost , in a few years shall supply the North-American with every species of wine . Posterity will doubtless transplant the several odoriferousaromaticand medicinal lants of the eastern countries
, , p , which must flourish in one or another part of North-America , where they will find a climate and soil favourable to their growth , as that of their native country . Every friend to humanity must rejoice more in the pleasing prospect of the advantages we may gain in point of health , from the
cultivation of this country , than from all the additional luxuries we mry enjoy , though both the Indies were brought to our doors . The salutary effe & s which have resulted from cleansing and paving the streets of Philadelphia , are obvious to every inhabitant . For causes somewhat similar to these , the general improvement of the colonies have alread y produced very desirable effects . While the face of this country was clad with woodsand valley afforded a or
, every swamp stagnant marsh , by a copious perspiration through the leaves of trees Or plants , and a general exhalation from the surface of ponds and marshes , the air was constantly charged with a gross putrescent fluid . Hence a series of irregular , nervous , bilious , remitting and intermitting fevers , which for many years have maintained a fata ! reisrn through many parts of this country , but are now evidently on the decline "
. Pleuritic and other inflammatory fevers , with theseveral diseases of cold seasons , are also observed to remit their violence , as our winters grow more temperate . Since the cultivation of the colonies , and the consequent change of climate , have such effeas on the diseases ofthe human body , and must continue to produce such remarkable changes in their
appearance , it is certainly the duty of every physician , to be careful to trace the history of every disease , observe the several changes they undergo , and mark , with a jealous attention , the rise of every new disease , which may appear on the decline of others , that so he may be enabled to bring effectual and seasonable relief to such persons as may be committed to his care .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Change Of Climate In The Middle Colonies Of North-America.
A considerable change in the temperature of our seasons , may doubtless effect a change in the produce of our lands . -Temperate seasons must be friendly to meadows and pasturage , provided we continue to get regular supplies of rain ; but of this , there is some reason to-doubt , unless our mountains , with which this country happily abounds , should befriend us greatly . The decrease of our frosts and snows in wintermust for injurious to
, many years prove our wheat and winter ' s grain . The vicissitudes of freezing and thawing have already become so frequent , that it is high time for the farmer to provide some remedy , whereby he may prevent his wheat from being thrown out in the winter season . A considerable change in the temperature of our seasons may oneday oblige the tobacco planter to migrate towards the Carolinas and
Florida , which will be the natural retreat of that plant , when the seasons admonish the Virginian to cultivate wheat and Indian corn . The tender vine , which would now be destroyed by our winter ' s frost , in a few years shall supply the North-American with every species of wine . Posterity will doubtless transplant the several odoriferousaromaticand medicinal lants of the eastern countries
, , p , which must flourish in one or another part of North-America , where they will find a climate and soil favourable to their growth , as that of their native country . Every friend to humanity must rejoice more in the pleasing prospect of the advantages we may gain in point of health , from the
cultivation of this country , than from all the additional luxuries we mry enjoy , though both the Indies were brought to our doors . The salutary effe & s which have resulted from cleansing and paving the streets of Philadelphia , are obvious to every inhabitant . For causes somewhat similar to these , the general improvement of the colonies have alread y produced very desirable effects . While the face of this country was clad with woodsand valley afforded a or
, every swamp stagnant marsh , by a copious perspiration through the leaves of trees Or plants , and a general exhalation from the surface of ponds and marshes , the air was constantly charged with a gross putrescent fluid . Hence a series of irregular , nervous , bilious , remitting and intermitting fevers , which for many years have maintained a fata ! reisrn through many parts of this country , but are now evidently on the decline "
. Pleuritic and other inflammatory fevers , with theseveral diseases of cold seasons , are also observed to remit their violence , as our winters grow more temperate . Since the cultivation of the colonies , and the consequent change of climate , have such effeas on the diseases ofthe human body , and must continue to produce such remarkable changes in their
appearance , it is certainly the duty of every physician , to be careful to trace the history of every disease , observe the several changes they undergo , and mark , with a jealous attention , the rise of every new disease , which may appear on the decline of others , that so he may be enabled to bring effectual and seasonable relief to such persons as may be committed to his care .