Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-28
TuE WORLDS sANITARiIM.

New Mexico and especially the central
known IN time as the sanitarlum ~ all
the world, especially for those who are
afflicted with diseases OF the lungs 4
prominent writer recently remarked III
you could have "a cord hundred miles
long, and would tie one end OF It around
the cupola ~ the court house IN Albu.
querque aud with the other describe n
cIrcIc, you would mark the boundaries
Of district which will be- known ia
few years IA the worlds sanitarlum."
The Commercial club has recently is.
sued n letter emphasizing this fact, and
calling the attention OF the public to the
benefits to be derived by consumptive
patients from the climatic conditions
existing here. The following IL a COPY
81 the letter referred TO, and It ought to
bc freely distributed all over the United
States
One Of the most serious ~ all tn,
problems that confront the people Of this
country 10 day 10 what can be done To
arrest the spread and progress OF that
dread scourge, consumption.
Investigations and experiments, con
tlnued through long period OF years.
have shown that the only hope Tor the
afflicted of the class IL To Ia found in
! roper climatic conditions, letting nature
do what medicine 10 unable To accom-.
plush,
But the old theory that such cond.
tiona are to be found IN the mild though
humid atmosphere o! Florida add other
coast resorts was long since thoroughly
exploded, and it IL we'll known now that
u resort 10 such conditions. while II az.
fofdA tho patient temporary relief at
first, IL often followed by a reaction which
greatly hastens the fatal termination OF
| the disease.
Five years ago the me ical congress oi
! France, one ~ the most eminent bodies
OF it's kind IN the world. appointed a
committee consisting ot some ~ it's most
| distinguished members, charged with
the duty OF making thorough eXamina.
ton Of all the localities in any part u
the world which gave promise OF the re.
! quielte conditions IN any considerable
! degree, and which Mas 10 report to the
congress at u future meeting.
1t was agreed that the greatest aqua.
! blllty OF climate was 10 b" fUunl in the
valleys OF mountainous country, where
there would necessarily la comparative
immunity from the winds and storms
which sweep over the plans and coast
regions, that the proper temporal ure
would Ds found between the I'D aud
18th degrees OF latitude, where tue pa.
tlent would la exempt both from the 80
we're weather ~ the north AMI the ener.
waiting Influences OF the south and that
| the altitude necessary 10 give the best
/ degree ~ atmospheric pressure was
shout ,hnD feet above sea level, AZ less
| Alt,t ude than the gave too much prcs.
sure aud hW.tened the destruction a
/ lung tissue, ShlisA greater altitude gIy.
/ lng less pressure, subjected the patient
| 10 danger % hemorrhAges
This COMMITTEES made = patient and
| thorough examination, visiting numer,
| odH points in Asia, Africa, and North
! aud South America, and the report, con.
| Cured IN by all the members % the CON
mites, recommended central New Mex.
/ leo, IN the Rio Grands valley, M the 10.
cGlIty wherein the necessary conditions
were found to exist IN the highest de
gree; while the second best point was