Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-07
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fr"tr th" hlNhclthia N~licnl Timca
Toe medical world has been forced ro.
luctontly to turn It's cyes from the Ger.
n'hn Laboratories again To hygicnic, aup
porting and especially climatic treatment
Tor chrome pulmonary diseases. II IL
admitted 10y all intelligent observers that
climate ~ the first factor IN the success.
ful treatment ~ all chronic leeiona of
Tho bronchO pulmonary tract. AZ this
oppoHnne period let US have n more
thorough and accurate knowledge of the
climate OF our own country To this end
va orer briefly aomc observations on the
climate Oi New MeSico, especially that
part ot the territory in the vicinity %
albuquerque. As the American Health
Resort association has reported fAyorably
on Albuquerque Rs the location for its
snnltarIum Tor pAt,en,s suffering from
chronic pulmonary diseases, few Oh
sctVatlons by resident practitioner ~
tnis city may be ~ interest. Why New
Mexico rs health resort has previously
occupied such a limited space 10 tho
American works on cllmatulogy 10 hnrd
Tor the physician 90 understand, who has
personally experienced the dry, brac,ug,
delightfully."- salubr,ous air uf it's valleys,
t"blelands and mountains, and has seen
its effects upon patients.
Albuquerque 10000 lnhabltautsl 10
5000 feet abovo sAa level, ON the left
bank ~ the RIO Grandc, extending from
valley proper on the high tableland.
II ~ twelve miles from the mouptalna.
hess mountains are from seven To nine
thousand tect high, issuing from whose
buses aud cauuna are series OF mineral
springs, which "a variety and quantity Of
medical ingredients will compare favor.
ably with the medicinal ingredients ~
any springs - the same area on th y.,.
tItent North of the city, extending
from thirty five 10 eighty miles, ~ an.
other series u mineral springs, the waters
OF which cover wide range Of ngre.
dients, some OF whose waters are thur.
mal, others cold. The waters from some
u these springs are bottled and shipped
to some extent, though not to the extent
that their virtues warrant, The waters
from many Of these springs in which the
natural senses detect strong medicinal
propertles have never been analysed.
Coyote springs. the water ot which 10
bottled and shipped IN considerable
quantities, by analysis shows the follow
ing ingredients:
Iron tatlona,. IL
Magnesium Ni-l ATlsInHts IL
acium biJ a, b.,nntc a. Il
SHiIum SulI'hAt". Ia
f'-iium III, arlnnatr 69
Sodium 4 hluride. - II
Total IN one gallon. ...... IsJ~I
The RAIN fall here is comparatively
hight, most Of the precipitation being IN
August and September. We never have
n day IN which the sun does not shine,
and have never seen four consecutive
hours during which tho sun was hid,
during the sdp shining hours OF the day.
The winters 10 this part Of New Mexico
are seldom colder than Ia the weather in
the m@nths oi October aud November in
the middle and eastern states. The ed
ltor OF one Of our daily journals told me
that he had never had tire in the editor.
Ial or compoang nom oi hia paper dur
lng any - the five or six winters that he
has been publishing his paper 10 Albu.
luerque. The mornings, evenings and
nights are always cool. but seldom, even
IN winter, IL there need Of fro from lOa.
m. To .. m.
A striking illustration Of the beneficial
rirect Of this climate IL "a be found in
with resldents. Many OF our
busiest and best business men came to
No helpless invalids We
would summarize our observations as TO
the class Of cases that improve or recover
health, and vica versa, in this climate 40
'ollows:
FIRST Those patients who show dull.
ness IN any rsr, Of the pulmonary tissues.
and are troubled with morning cough
md expectoration, but who hav. no rise
u temperature aud have not yet begun
20 lose weight precept,bly; ,hese do
yell.
Second. Patients with more diffused
with considerable const,tu.
ional urbance, but not yet evinciug
'uy cavities, arc benefited or recover.
Third. Iiemorrhagic cases, that 10,
'aasy from the beginning who had slight
without any fever reaction,
" profound constitutional disturbance.
such cases do extremely we'll in thess al.
Itudes. Contrary 10 former teachings,
'atients seem TO be less subject 10 hRmop.
ys,s here than at ssa level. This does
lot refer tO he rupture u large vessel
n n cavity IN advanced disease.
Fourth. Patients In whom the dis.
AAs IN advanced, having cavities and BE-
ere fehrile symptoms This class Of pa.
tents are better at home; certainly IL
hey are III enough 10 be confined to their
ooms Especially 10 this true Of one
Who has not abundant resources,
Patients recovering from attacks OF
cute plsurlsy and pneumonia having
ub-rcular diGthe-is, altitude such 40
IRA IL the place par excellence for thess.
'ne Increased 0umbcr q resplrations
and the Iigh,, dry, ozoned
I tmosphers re.entera IN. collapsed sir
ella, and scts bcneti lalIy upon the de.