ABSTRACT

SUPERFICIAL AREA—UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT—POPULATION—THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE—SUNSHINE AND LIFE—EFFECT UPON DISEASE—WORSHIP OF RĀ, THE SUN-GOD—ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES —MEDICAL PROPERTIES—CAIRO NOT A HEALTH RESORT—HELIO-POLIS—HELWÂN—THE PYRAMIDS—THE RAINY SEASON-AN EGYPTIAN SUMMER—EFFECT UPON EUROPEANS—FAYYÛM—EGYPT'S OLDEST AGRICULTURAL COLONY.