, 1869-05-28
MINNESOTA FOR CONSUMp-
T1VES.
A Paper by the President OF the II.
- Paul Rontd Of Eenlth4


i 4 paper bJ Dr. Brewer LAtsocks, Pres.dent of
the hossl Of Healte a. St Paul. Is published IN 1as
xfdfnal R+ecrn, aud gives some yesJ important
z a relation TO the seet pteAaeed ap
TIE mortality from consumption In many pafts al
tbs country Il so great as to almost assume the
eassassss Of an epidemic, and justly e1e.ses
By a table taken from the census rr:orus Of .ss,
appears that the mortality tsum this one com
habitaots; III Connecticut, enc il eve1J IS: n
Sew fer1, oce IN 47d; in Pennsylvania, oae In So:
IN California, one II 20; IN Tennessee one tr ~:
n Louisiana. one IN s40: in 1l1nos one IN ss} IN
ia 1,lao IN North calaIns, one IN 1,s01 In Fior-
"a. 9ae ~ l,4so n seGla caEolns, one IN l,s2S;
TIE consumEaye States are those extending
frcm TIE At!anuc 10 fhe Testeennost Of the great
Lakes, and southward to ;he suh-tropieai states,
N0F:h and S0uth CAtoI1a, Georges, ElpsiJ1 ALI
hanna, -ou.stana. Misstsstpp, nd Ttxas. Il tais
number Louisiana exceeds the Others in the f-a-
GGeucy OF consuMptlon-1f fac. to he attributed to
the mixture Of race, 50 common there: scrotula
being iEe inheritance generally Ct saoasses p,o-
plea Yet locality evidently dos mnr= Is 1r,ta::,
this disease taan p.cd.s2o5tscn 2sTe:taele.s- The
fa1nts Of consumption arr not i,luftel 70 Certain
Doctor Natsocss paaces nue., dependence upoa
eliuurte treatment for The phtissN. Tac ut5eas.
being one bounded By climates o. tso:herna;
lines-oae Size Of the continent beine terribly AZ
ticted With II and the other but little suojecre,l
ils rasaees-the treatment must have direct IT.
gard TO that fact
FIST Z q III climate i ah.olase!; impsEatvt
the ,sSs sSs s1ss q e4a y
The principal s!muArtfes IN the climates Of thoss
coununs a Will readily be percetvestts Their dr.
nes9- ..---.--
Reference ls next made to Temperature SoEc
patients cannot stanl the cold It all; 1t seems 10
wt-heE them MI up; these are, Al general thing,
less they have ~ lie, no vitality, and they
ss!ne % viii tn nt.ic Ho sne @ asoas tse9 srcs q
course should he sent South: but generally there
Is Little 10 hope fEum sIth pasien2-
dread anl shrak ffooa 1t, SAYING that taeT cannot
Temperament who say they vii. or they Won't
Minnesota possesses tonic cunate, hsacin1 aad
stimulating Il Is on the hetsft Of land of TIC con
The SOD . r2socs. aud moisture = quickly ah-
sorbed- The kprtna Is cary, and the immunity
Anericaa-torn persons Ied q consumption in s.
Paul, and the entire mortality Eas bur one IN
It VIII be asked who vii. be benentcl hy 8 trip
to Minnesota or = residence IN that State. We
answer IN general terms, all who wo1d be bene-
1tsd ~ q tonic course Of trsa:ment-
| 1t has been supposed that bronchial pasteasA
shouid not 80 TO Minnesota, but that opinion d.
Mzrsoeks shows 70 be without foundation.
stoul ID tubernlocs patients be sent to N!nneso-
tsr 4sa general trle, he repies when they Cal
travel with convenience and without maeh IL
cough, easn L e consumption Is eSpscfsd The golden
opportunity s missed II ,he patient waits beyousi
the period which the inconsliesase al! laziness,
for The cure CT which, perhaps, the reu-meaolng
hnt intudlc!ons physician pFtscrtbes exercise; d
period often overlooked 1t the dnc-o stage
called he - pse-suhercrHr stage"
Its held that In the New England States The
reason fo- 50 la-Ec Gcath-tase oJ consumption
Is cold and moisture, brought about By ~Fudden
| cbaneeA The same rule holds tine IN most. 7
ALL OF the other States. 90 IA as each State 4
| exposed to such influences: that the general
treatment fer he disease Is the removal or mos1l
| fling CT the cause, so 5ar a5 we are able; a1d ~
u many instances the c1use Is climatic, we think
| the treatment should be such. As remedies ar
prescribed sul&abte for individual cases, 50 should
we prescribe . climate, ever bearing IN mtE,
that the s2.re trEedy given for tho Same
disease o!tent!Te* Affects two persons entirely
differently, hy resson Of pecuhar i1!osyncraa1cs
tbs hsiIs tsue IS reg11t5 c.lnatc-aence the Ne
! ctssi:y OF patient and careful examination int
III The circumstances Connected with each case
and By all means let It NOT he coufnetf to the chest
but let age. sex, temperament tastes, tosMrtdua
preferences, means and general condition u
Ee2ith exert theu influence On the mad OF tat
ply sician bc!nrr yentur1u: an op:1!s a. regA.L
. chang OF climate.