New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-16
COLORADO A sANTTARIUM FOR CoNsUMPTIVEs.

COLORADO SANllAHlUM fOis 'ONoo MI Nv
TO the Edttor or The Trfbnne
SIR The letter in THE TRIBUNE of 9TH ut,
advice to Consumpuve Travellers to Colorado" dated
from the University Building, ~ Y prompts me 70 sup
pement the udcious suggestions by presenting the adj
vice on the same subject OF Dr. Joseph Pancoas the dis
tinguished Professor Of Jefferson Medical College here
DIR. Pancoast has visited Colorado and thus speaks,
from theory, but OF his personal knowledge.
The advice OF Doctors Pancoast and Bancroft, and
your correspondent cannot be too thoroughly circu
lated too strictly followed. Two years ago re-
sided some time in Colorado and know of what speak.
The country will almost any cOnsumpive, but 1t
will not resurrect The great mistakes and very sad
30 made in tie treatment Of cOnsumptiye
tents are:
First, the sending them out 10 the Rocky Mountains
by rapid transit which too greatly shocks the
tenn secondly. the sending them out at all when the
case far gone for successful treatment anywhere
But let me to DIR. Pancoast. who. writing Of
Colorado says:
In regard TO the great questions which In
vads heat, cold. dryness, and humidity and freeness
OF the from every noxious quality Colorado presents
peculiar attractions that scarcely fail 10 make II one
OF the great saniara Of the North American Continent
Its weather. which is than ordinarily clear and
serene it's scenery unexamped almost for interest
aad beauty invite the invalid to outdoor exerton ana
spr of varied qualities grateful TO the
taste, will be found very beneficial in well apportoned
Colorado lies in the northern part the temperate
which deemed in all climates the most conducive 20
health and longevity. 1t Is protected by Its mountain
ranges against cold OF the West, and ny Its
long oriental slopes from the paluda fevers of the Mis-
ssslpp Velley. III greater warmth Is required IN the
Winter, the railroad which extends southwark places 1t
within easy reach of the invalid There is no climate
that fuhlls all that Is wished for special inyalids
Few willing 10 send consupptlves
to the variable Winter climate OF Southern
Europe. where there are weekly alternatlOns
OF hot winds from the SOUTH aud frozen blasts from the
mountain ranges Of the North The African climates
in many respects better. yet the extreme heat which
characterzcs them is prejudcia to tine consumptive
and Shnepp of Alexandria has shown us that phtlss
Is disease III Cairo, forming about IA per cent
OF the general mortality.
The great walton and consequent rarefac0n OF the
atmosphere in Colorado with its thermOmetrc mOdera
ton III ali gives to that region especial I'D
vantage as a general sanItarium Yet this, though
found extremely beneficial 10 many forms OF asthma and
Ia the early stages of consumption by expanding the
lung cells, may be preudical when cavities have already
formed the lungs which require contraction or
their relief IL would therefore be well for
inyalds think visiting Colorado TO read tue
marks Of DR.. Bancroft OF Denver which have been
founded upon personal experience IN that locality
Dr. Bancrofts testimony is TO the same effect, and
adds special warning against permitting persons In the
advanced of pulmonary consumption to venture
a." Unto the rare air OF these elevated plains" N.
Phi[ddeiDhid, Feb. 6, 1874.