Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-31

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IT'S not Intended here to prove or expand
uron the I'VE requisite conditions laid down by
Dr. Denison, and for further Information the
reader IS referred to the article already
quoted. The conditions are found only IN high
finland attitudes. and Silver City Is 600 above
and many hundreds Of miles away from the sea
Patients with asthma. bronchitis or inciplent
phthisis may come 10 Silver City direct without
fear Of danger from the altitude, bus Il the
heart Is weak, or It hemorrhagc has been very
recent, It were wellto stop over for month ai
~ paso or Las Cruces, with altitude Of s.7os
feet and 1000 feet respectively. The weaker
the patient the more prolonged should be his
journey TO high attitudes. The opinions q
medical men as to the effect Of the climate Of
New Mexico upon patients with organic heart
disease vary considerably. but the writer Is with
the majority when he advises such patients not
to go higher than 400 feet or to put it moro
practically, no further north than Las Cruces or
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one exception the altitude Of the stations here
given Increases from south to north causing a
much more marked difference OF temperature
than would be produced by latitude alone, and
the advantages Of climate enjoyed by Silver City
are due in part to the fact that while &c is
nearly as far south as Las Cruces II has an
altitude OF yOoOf feet more.
An interesting feature OF the climate Of New
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been laid. Is the increased electrical tension Of
the body experienced In the cold days OF winter.
The therapeutic effect OF this IS far reaching, in
asmuch as It involves other forms Of debility
than that produced by pulmonary disease, and
more particularly diseases Of tie nervous sys-
TEN.
Upon this subject Or. r. W. Seward Of Goshen
N. y, has said in an article read in 1899 before
the American Health Resort Association
'Lessened Induction Of electric fluid giyes
rise to a more positive state Of the body. A pos
Tive stata is one Of energy, functional activity,
and consequently Of increased nutrition and
strength. II has been demonstrated within a
comparatively recent date that men employed
about electrical works, and particularly on cleo
trio street cars, or where there is a large induc-
ton Of electric fluid, have experienced mm unity
IN q large degree from chronic ailments. The
atmosphere Immediately about them is heavily
charged with electricity. hence that within does
not flow from them. Virtue has not gone out
Of them. IL is a question II the eneryation We
experience from warm, damp weather Is not
largely due TO the rapid outflow OF electric cur.
rent, or in other words, TO a mere negative state
Of the system. Contrast with this eneryatiou
the stimulating influence Of a clear, crisp atmos
phere, when the humidity Is concealed and the
air becomes aless perfect conductor.
In studying the cllmatoloey Of orr country
from this standpoint aud admitting the value Of
the above mentioned attributes, as one must. ]
am ready to affirm that in no other section vii
the perfection Of these be so nearly found, Oh
approached, as In New Mexico.D
The present writer recalls several occasion.
during the past winter when, after q walk in the
hills about Silver CITY. he shook hands with per
. sons causing them to start at the electric SHOCK
; received IN the tonch Of fingers. Exercising il
/, the dry air he had become charged with cleo
%tricity, and on the first contact had discharged
the fluid like the shock from a Leyden jar.
A lady residing in Silver City. who las a heav,
suit Of hair which she is fcnd OF having combeC
r by a companion, has been compelled to foreg,
this process IN cold weather On account OF IN,
burning pain produced by Il.
Z To those who have faith in the efficacy CT pinl
forests, it may b. said that the mountains abou
) silver CITY are covered with these trees. ana
s may be reached in q fifteen minutes walk to thl
north. east or west. The hills Of the tow
Z proper are almost without trees, being covered
with bear grass and varieties OF the maguel
plant. Closer In are large native cottonwoo,
trees, which afford excellent shade, and ar,
z found throughout the country wherever there 4
human habltation.
The Accommodations arc good, as to board ans
. lodging, aud there are several well conductc'
, restaurants IN the town.
: The hills abound in doves, wild pigeons, quail
and rabbits, and further out in the mountain
are bear. deer and antelope. Duck hunters VIII,
60 asfar as the CHA river are usually rewarde,
with plenty Of game.
The roads about Silver City are for the mos
part quite good and are used by a number 0
persons Of al ages and both sexes who.haye bl
cycles.
In endorsing Silver City it has been the intent
ion Of the writer TO show at the same time th
advantages Of climate possessed by the Who'll
Territory, holding up the former place more as
type Of New Mexican resorts rather than tn
sole desirable one. Silver City has no one prop
erty Of climate in which It Is not equaled by som
other locality, and it Is In the tout ensembl
alone that it can claim its superiority.
Much has been written OF Colorado as a resor
70. e%onsumptiyes and 1t deserves much Of tn
4 praise Il has received, rs is evidenced by thI
number Of cures which have taken place there
, but the intense cold OF It's winter climate ant
, the many days, relatively. in which snow lie.
: upon the ground, are causing invalids TO lool
further south for n balmier climate. New Mex
ico possesses all the advantages claimed TO
4 Colorado, with the added one Of a more temper
ate winter.
The hot springs which abound IN an portion
Z Of the Territory have been found Of great valuI
In heumati diseases, and need only to b
= known TO be patronized. This latter remarl
viii apply TO an Of New Mexico. which has
! until recently, been regarded as little bette
! than a desert, but which is becoming known d
4 the profession as possessing advantages TO tn
patient with weak lungs that are not equalei
anywhere IN the United States, aud which ar
y not excelled, perhaps, anywhere In the oiyilize,
j world.
= The class Of patients receiving most benefit ii
New Mexico are, naturally, those shat are abb
, 10 get about add receive all the benefits Of sun
light and moderate exercise. There are hun
: dreds Of healthy persons IN the Territory toda.
. who were a few years ago victims OF asthmi
! chronic bronchitis, iEcipent phthisis, or unrt
u solved pneumonia. Some were sufferers from
2 marked cases OF phthisls with cavities, and wer
> carried 10 their boarding places on chairs or IN
Z stretcher. These, OF course, are fewer az mum
J Der. but they form a large percentage. Man.
phthisical patients have come out only to dis
Q having waited too long before taking the Una
step OF change OF climate, which for THE reaso
, proves too often a fatal step.
Asthmatles gain comfort Immediately in tn
: clear, pure air 'pd persons who have run dow
I rapidly seem " .ick up nesh equally as hsI