Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-08-07

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uisnot intended here 10 prove or expand
upon tie i've requisite conditions laid doUa By
Dr. Dcnison. and ioi further Information the
reader is referred 10 the article already
quoted. The conditions are found only 10 high
finland attitudes. and Silver City Is 6Ooo above
and many hundreds OF miles away from The sea
Patients with asthma. bronchitis or incipiont
plihiss may come 10 Silver City direct without
fear Of danger from tho altitude, but 81 the
heart Is weak, or d hemorfhage has been worry
recent, Il were wollto stop over Tor o month as
~ paso or las Cruces, with altitude az 870f
feet and 1900 feet respectively. The weaker
the patlentthe more prolonged Should be his
Journey 70 hlFh attitudes The opinions OF
medical men as 20 the e1cct Of the climate a.
New Mexico upon patients with organic heart
disease vary considerably, but the writer is with
tho majority hth ht advises such patients pet
to 80 hi sher than 1890 feel OF 10 put it more
practically. no further north thar Las Cruces or
"a Mcsllla. The reader viii observe that with
one exception the altitude Of The stations here
given increases from south 30 north causing o
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 It IS
nearly rs FAR south as las Cruces 10 has an
altitude Of 1000 feet more.
An interesting feature Of the climate Of New
Mexico, upon which sumciont stress has not
been laid, Is the increased electrical tension OF
the body experienced IN the cold days Of winter.
The therapeutic eject Of this IS far reaching. In
asmuch as Il Involves other forms Of debility
than that produced BY pulmonary disease. and
more particularly diseases Of tie nervous sys-
tern.
Upon this subject Or. +. w. Seward Of Goshen
n has said ~ an nftleie read IN 1892 before
the American Health Resort Association
"Losscned induction OF electric fluid piyes
rise to a more positive state OF tie body. A pos
itiye state Is one Of energy. functional activity,
and consequently Of Increased nutrition and
strength. It 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 q large Undue
ton Of electric fluid, have ex perienced immunity
IN a 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. II is a question il the enervation we
experience from warm, damp weather IS not
largely due 10 the rapid outflow Of electric cur
rent. or In other words. to a mere negative state
Of the system. Contrast with This excavation
The stimulating i%nnuenee Of q clear. crisp atmos
phere, when the humidity is congealcd and the
air becomes q less perfect conductor.
In studying the climatology Of our country
from this standpoint aud admitting the value Of
the above mentioned attributes, as one must. I
am ready TO affirm that III no other section viii
the perfection OF these De so nearly found, or
approached, as in New Mexico.0
The present writer recalls several occasions
during the past winter when, after a walk IN the
hills about Silver City. he shook hands with per
sons causing them 70 start ut the electric shock
receivedi IN the touch Of fingers. Exercising in
the dry air he had become charged with cleo
aicity, and on the hrst contact had discharged
the fuidiike the shock from a Lcyden jar.
Alady residing in silver City. who has a heavy
suit Of hair which she is fond Of having combed
By a companion, has been compelled to iorege
this process la cold weather on account OF ths
burning pain produced by 1t.
To those who have faith IN the efficacy Of pine
forests, it may be SAID that the mountains about
silver CITY are covered with these trees, ant
may be reached in a fifteen minutes walk to th,
north, east or west. The hills Of the tow
/, proper arc almost without trees, being coveres
with bear grass ana varieties Of the miguel
plant Closer In are large native cottonwoo,
trees, which afford excellent shade, and arr
found throughout the country wherever there
human habltauon.
The accommodations are good. as to board ant
lodging, and there are several well conduetci
restaurants IN the town.
: The hills abound in doves, wild pigeons, quail
and rabbits, and further out in the mountain
are bear, deer aud antelope. Duck hunters VIII
90 as far as the ella 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 nnmber f,
persons Of all ages and both Sexes who. have b
1 cycles.
In endorsing Silver City It has been the intenI
lou Of the writer 10 show at the same time %
4, advantages OF climate possessed by the whoi
4 Territory. holding uD the former place more as
type Of New Mexican resorts rather than "a
sole desirable one. Silver City has no one pro-
! erty ofclimate in which it is not equaled BY som
other locality. and it is In the ton ensenbl
alone that It can claim its superiority.
|, sluch has been written Of Colorado az a resoT
for eonsnmptiyes and 1t deserves much Of On
praise lt has received, as Is evidenced by Tn
number Of cures which have taken place there
/ but She Intense cold OF los winter climate I'm,
the many days, relatively, in which snow lie
I upon the ground, are causing invaiids 20 looI
further south for q balmler chmste. New Mex
I loo possesses an the advantages claimed 60
Colorado, with the added one Of a more temper
! ate winter.
! The hot springs which abound IN an portion
\ Of the Territory have been found OF great yalu
In rheumatic diseases. and need only to b
a known 70 be patronized This latter remarI
4 win apply to an Of New Mexico, which ha
\ until recently, been regarded as little boito
n than "a desert, but which is becoming known 9
4 tue profession as possessing advantages TO "a
patient with weak lungs that are not cquale
anywhere IN the United States, and which on
not exceiled, perhaps, anywhere in the cigilze
? world.
The ela8s o. patients receiving most boncht (
New Mexico aio, naturally, those that are abI
; 30 g9t about ahi receive an tha benefits OF sur
light and moderate exercise. There are hul
dFnIe nf healthy naranUa ia thn rnrrffn~.t t.4a