. Journal - American Medical Association. ays, the relative humidity. instead of remaining above the seventies, went as lowas The prevailing light winds are from the icyinterior, and the atmosphere loses its surcharge of moist-ure as haze or fog along the coast. Had it been possibleto take the observations a half-mile inland or even insome of the deeper penetrating fjords, the ofhumidity would have been much less than those shownin the chart. A comparison of the relative humidity at each of theplaces where the steamer remained for some days, withobservations of the U. S. Weather
. Journal - American Medical Association. ays, the relative humidity. instead of remaining above the seventies, went as lowas The prevailing light winds are from the icyinterior, and the atmosphere loses its surcharge of moist-ure as haze or fog along the coast. Had it been possibleto take the observations a half-mile inland or even insome of the deeper penetrating fjords, the ofhumidity would have been much less than those shownin the chart. A comparison of the relative humidity at each of theplaces where the steamer remained for some days, withobservations of the U. S. Weather Bureau during thesame month of August at cities in different sections ofour country, stands as shown in table. The atniosphere of these places in Greenland duringthe stay of the vessel was never as moist as during thenight and morning hours in each of these cities; it wasnever as dry as it became in three of them during theheat of the day; the range of variation was decidedly less,and the actual amount of contained moisture was rig, 2.—Snapshot of Iceberg one-halt mile distant, glaciei- one mile distant and gorge ofa mile in length, showing deceptive perspective caused by clear atmosphere in Artie regions. In this connection it may not be improper to considerthe influence which sea air, which is the air of accessibleparts of the Arctic, may have on the tuberculous. Acomparison of the tuberculosis ratio of the army withthat of the navy may be useful, as in both services the MaxiHum MinimumHumidity. AveraeeHumidity. 8 8 8 8 New York 10010010090887281 9.)93809050 70 62655241435640 50 )35 79 1 Denver . Ktah men are equally hearty on taking up the special life. The sailor sleeps in ships quarters, does not get freshfood when at sea, his exposure is more severe, his sleep,duty and relaxation are set by watches instead of beingnaturally regulated bv night and da
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