Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-08-28
SILVER CITY. new MEXICO.
As Z Resors Tor Persons With
Weak Lungs.
BY Hrsrr WILLIAM BLANC, " D.

Reprinted from The October, 1895,
number Of the New Orleans Medical ADD
Surgical Journal.
Statistical evidence goes 70 show very con
cirs'vely that the Innate conditions most
inimicai % the dei1pmcnt and Increase OF
chronic pulmonary disease are. on The one hand,
a lie on NE ocean away from the land and on
the other. Residence 40 a ctTiuin altitude, say
from a0c0 60 1000 feet where the sunlight IS
abundant throughout TIE year aud The air com
laIatigeiy free FROM aqueous vapor.
As a natural consequence The medical profess
sion has not been slow 90 testing and pronting
By the therapeutic effects Of those conditions
that present such favorable prophylaiic results
aud A may be said with little fear Of contradict
lon that today the climatic treatment Of chronic
pulmonary disease Is the one most relied upon
90 bring about early AID permanent results.
Cod liver ofl, iron the hypuphosphitcs. out
door exercise. and the many other tonic meas.
ufes so often resorlod 70 Tor the purpose Of re-
moving debility. are coming 10 be regarded a.
bridges from emergency 90 emergency, rather
thAn instructions siemmlng the implacabls tide
Of disease. Cures produced BY these agents
have been observed, but they are as uncertain
as they are uncommon, and only serve az fur
Their argument why those who desire more than
Temporary alienation should seek to attain this
o0nsummation By immediate aud permanent
change OF residence.
When we come 10 the question o. the piod-
ding medical practitioner thus surfendering a
remunemtive case Tor the sake Of principle and
the benefit Of The said case. and the still more
important one Of the patient leaving g comfort
able home, perhaps changing the character OF
his business occupation, 90 go toanother country
with strange people and surroundings, It mast
be remembered that IL IS a chance for life. ave.
renewed health and ylgor through an indefinite
period Of years. And this chance for the
patient Is 70 be balanced agalnsg prolonged
invandlsm with death rs happlest outcome.
It ls not Intended here TO dwell upon the re-
marsable Immunity from pulmonary diseases
enjoyed BY sailors and s~eaiarlng people, as Is
Evidenced, for example, by the very low death
rate from these affections IN the American and
British uayles, and immunity due in q large
degree 20 the saltines and freedom from con.
tamiuaiion o. the rosplred sea air, together with
the constant exposure b. sunlight. But as a life
on the ocean, except for single voyages, Is not
practicable TO the majority Of invalids this
mode oLtrcatment becomes applicable.only 70 a
miniElium Of cases.
Many places throughout the United states
have been oxtolled as health resorts for persons
threatened with or suffering from phthisls, and
a catalogue even Of the most prominent Of them
wonld take mp more space than can be permit
ted In this article. But few OF them have beer
found beneficial longer than one or two season.
Of each year, and as a result tho unoIendinI
cousumpuye, constantly seeking a suitabl,
climate. has become, like the accursed Jew in
the legend. a wandercr on the face Of the earth
II wHrHm afnna 10th hrN hnua
who have studied cllmatology both in the old
aud now world has been well expressed In tn
following synopsis drawn ~ by DR., Charlie
Denslon, OF Denver, Colo. which may be re
garded as the necessary requirements for an
climate In which tuberculous patients can e1
pect 10 attain permanent health.
l. Dryness as opposed to moisture.
2. Goodness or cold preferable 10 warmth q
heat
g. Rarcfacton IS opposed TO sea-leyel pre-
sure.
4 Sunshine as opposed 10 oloudlness.
B. Variability Of temperature as opposed I
equabllity.
C-oSFfRNATORY PROPOSITIONS.
g. Markell d~lathermaey Of the air to be pr,
ferred TO the smoky atmosphere OF cities OF n
dense air strata Of moist currents.
7. Radiation and absorption Of heat by rock
and sandy loans better that latent absorptlO
b. water and damp clay soils.
8. Mountainous connguratiOn Of the cOuutr
Quick dralnage) contrasted with the latnesI
etc. Of level sections
o. Frequent electrical changes % atmOsphen
also moderate winds Except in quite cold weatl
err. preferable 10 continuous stiffness Of the al,
10. Inland attitudes contrasted with sea a
(otal absence Of land lnhuencel; but IN certai
eases sea voyages and island resorts TO be pr
ferred as compromise substitutes for high alt
tudes.
In answer TO the question. Is there any porto
Of our country that combines all OF these variol
requirements we would answer emphatican.
yes; IN almost the whole area Of the t%erTit0ri'
OF New MEXICO and Arizona, 10 portions {
Colorado, and the mountainous districts OF Call
fornia, may be found climates that conform
the foregoing requirements. But New Mexie
possesses them 10 a greater degree and Owe
alnrger surface Of country than any Of thl
others.
New Mexico covers an area OF l2i 300 squar
miles, with an elevation above the sea a. follow
$3.50 SQUARE miles ..........aO0 feet or less.