Headley, Joel

TYLER, historian and miscellaneous writer, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1813; graduated at Union College in 1839. Among his n merous works may be named: The A dir on dacks; Life of Cromwell; Life of Grant, Farragut, and our Naval Com manders; A History of the Great Rebellion; History of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon; and a History of the Second War between England and the United States. Health Resorts. ( Hygiene .) Places frequented for their supposed beneficial effect on certain diseases, through the invigorating qualities of their air, water, . These fall into several groups. Seaside resorts, visited for the remedial effect of the ocean air and of sea bathing, have long been in vogue, though only within recent times the scenes of a periodical exodus from cities. The benefit, to invalids, of mountain air in of more recent recognition, though now fully established. Climatic health resorts at high altitudes have lately came into favor, particularly for persons threatened with consumption. Mineral springs-including waters with a considerable variety of constituents have been places of resort from early times, and are still in high favor. In the case of pulmonary diseases, residence in mild or warm climates for a prolonged period is often resorted to. Health resorts, having various claims to favor, exist in all parts of the earth, the U. S. being abundantly provided. For those desiring the benefit of sea bathing there are numerous suitable localities along the Atlantic coast, particularly on the sandy beaches of New Jersey, the whole length of whose coast is rapidly being converted into a series of summer resorts, particularly for the people of Philadelphia and New York. Further north, as at Newport, Bar Harbor, and other places on the New England coast, are resorts where all the benefit of ocean air may be had, but much le adapted to bathing. For those seeking a mild crimate and equable airs, two localities recommend themselves particularly, Florida and Southern California, both of which are visited annually by large numbers of invalids and debilitated. The fine woods of Georgia and other southern States are also favored localities, from the supposed curative properties of their air. For those seeking a dry but bracing air for the benefit of bronchial and pulmonary affections, the climate of Colorado is much sought, while there are various similar resorts in the mountains of the east, as in the hill districts of North Carolina and the Mount Pocono region of Pennsylvania, whose air is claimed by some physicians to equal that of Colorado. Mineral springs, valued for their curative properties, are numerous in this country. Most popular among them are those of Saratoga, Virginia and Arkansas, though others of more local celebrity widely occur. One disease in particular, that known as hay fever, seems capable of alleviation only by the air of H. R. , the region of Mount Washington being a favorite resort of sufferers, while others find relief on the seashore. The U. S. resorts named are paralleled by others in foreign lands, far too numerous to mention; and we need speak further only of resorts visited for the purpose of receiving certain special treatments. In Europe the vineyard regions are in favor for the supposed beneficial effect of the grape. (See GRAPE-CURE.) In other localities a milk-cure is followed, the milk of the goat, the ewe and the cow being taken, while Gais, in canton Appenzell, is the seat of the whey-cure establishment. The spicy air of fine woods is in favor elsewhere than in America, while at Veldes, in Carinthia, such special devices are in favor as warm mud baths, and sun baths (exposure of the uncovered person to the solar rays). Hydropathic establishments, where water (externally and internally) is administered profusely, are favored by the victims of certain cla es of disease, while for the many suffering from nervous exhaustion or from incipient consumption, long sea voyages are held to be beneficial. New curative ideas in this direction frequently crop out, one of the latest being the dew-cure, obtained by barefoot rambles through the dewy gra of early morning. That much benefit is derived from visits to H. R. there can be question, this benefit being perhaps due to outdoor life in pure air quite as much as to specific location and surroundings.