Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-08-14

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Hisn not Intended here 20 prove or expand
uron the FIVE requisite conditions laid down by
Or. Denison and Tor further information The
reader "a referred 20 The article already
quoted. The conditions are found only ~ high
finland attitudes. and Silver City Is 5000 above
and many hundreds Of miles away from tho sea-
Patients with asthma, bronchitis or inclpiont
phthlsis may come to silver City direct without
fear Of danger from the altitude, but lf the
heart Is weak, on % hemorrhage has been very
recent, It were weilto stop over Tor a month 20
~ Paso or las Cruces, with altitude Of 8.70f
feet and 1900 feet respectively. 1ho weaker
the patient the more prolonged should be his
journey to high attitudes. The opinions Of
medical men as to the effect Of the cllmale Of
Now Mexico upon patients with organic heart
disease vary considerably, but the writer Is with
the majority when he advises such patients not
10 go higher than 400 feet or 60 put it more
practically. no further north than Las Cruces OF
Ia Mesilla. The reader viii observe chat with
one exception the altitude o. the stations here
given increases from louth 70 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 20 the fact that while lt Is
nearly as far south as Las Cruces Il has an
altitude Of 2, 900 feet more.
An interesting feature Of the climate Of New
Mexico. upon which sufficient stress has not
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, i'm
asmuch as It involves other forms Of debility
than that produced by pulmonary disease. and
more particularly diseases Of tie nervous sys-
tenn.
Upon this subject DR.. #. W. Seward Of Goshen
N. r.. has said in an article read in 1892 before
the American Health Resort Association ~
"Lessened induction Of electric fluid gives
rise to a more positive state Of the body. A pos
tive state is one OF energy, functional activity,
and consequently Of increased nutrition and
strength. 1t 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-
tlon Of electric fluid, have experiencedimmunity
IN aslarge degree from chronic ailments. The
atmosphere Immediately about them is heavily
charged with electricity. hence that within does
net flow from them. Virtue has not gone out
OF them. It is a question II the enervation 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 excavation
the stimulating influence Of q clear, crisp atmos-
phere, when the humidity is concealed and the
air becomes a less perfect conductor.
In studying the climatology Of our country
from this standpoint,au admitting the value Of
the above mentioned attributes, as one must,
am ready TO affirm that in no other section viii
the perfection Of these be so nearly found, o.
approached. as in New Mexico
The present writer recalls several OCCASION
n during the past winter when, after a walk in tn
ii hills about Silver City, he shook hands with per
e sons causing them to start at the ~electrie shool
e received in the touch Of fingers. Exercising ii
G the dry air he had become charged with cleo
d tricity. and on the first contact had discharges
4 the nuid like the shock from a Leyden jar.
G Alady residing in Silver City. who has a heav
n suit OF hair which she is fond Of having combe
D. by a companion, has been compelled TO foreg
this process IN cold weather on account OF til
b. burning pain produced by 1t.
Of 10 those who have faith in the efficacy Of pin
forests, It may be said that the mountains abou
IS Silver CITY are covered with these trees, an
IS may be reached IN q fifteen minutes walk to tn
north, east or west. The hills OF the tow
proper are almost without trees, being covere
with bear grass and varieties Of the mague
plant. Closer In are large native cottonwoo
IS trees, which afford excellent shade, and Al
found throughout the country wherever there
human ha6itation.
The Accommodations are good. as to board an
10 lodging, and there are several well conducte
n restaurants IN the W
~ The hills abound IN doves, Wild pigeons, qua
and rabbits, and further out In the mountain
~ are bear. deer and antelope. Duck hunters WI
- 20 as far as the ella river are usually rewards
with plenty Of game.
"a The roads about Silver City are for the mo
~ part quite good and are used by a number
u persons of an ages and both sexes who. have I
cycles.
In endorsing Silver City it has been the inter
ion OF the writer to show at the same time t
in advantages Of climate possessed by the who
nj Territory, holding ND the former place more a.
type Of New Mexican resorts rather than Z
~ sole desirable one. Silver City has no one pre-
Ice erty ofclimate in which 1t Is not equaled by sol
other locality, and IL is Ia the t0ut enscml
!, alone that it can claim It's superiority.
m Much has been written Of Colorado as a resl
~ for c%onsumptlyes and 1t deserves much OF
'"u praise 1t has received, as is evidenced by {
. number OF cures which have taken place the
lne but the intense cold Of its winter climate q
! d the many days, relatively, in which snow i
y upon the ground, are causing inyalids TO 10
" further south for a balmier climate. New Nj
- leo possesses all the advantages claimed
u"' Colorado. with the added one Of a more temp
: . ate winter.
say The hot springs which abound IN all portls
Of the Territory have been found OF great va
> - in rheumatic diseases, and need only to
known 10 be patrOnized. This latter RENT
will apply to all Of New Mexico, which
the until recently. been regarded as little bet
INC than a desert, but which Is becoming known
70 the profession as possessing advantages TO
ana patient with weak lungs chat are not equa
p anywhere "a the United atates, and which
rent NOT excelled, perhaps, anywhere IN the civil
em- world.
the The class Of patients receiving most bench
inter- New Mexico are, naturally, those that are a
out, to get about and receive an the benefits OF s
light and moderate exercise. There are d
the dreds Of healthy persons Ia the Territory To-
who were "a few years ago victims of asth
nate chronic bronchitis, lEcipent phthisis, or al
of solved pneumonia Some were sufferers a
the marked cases Of phthisis with ~caYities, and s.
sual carried TO their boarding places on chairs or
the stretoher. These. Of course, are fewer ~ al
very Der. but they form o large percentage. M
ails phthlsleai patients have come ont only %
two having waited TOO long before taking the (
we'd step OK change Of climate. which for this req
) Ia proves too often a fatal step.
5 OF Asthmatics gain comfort Immediately ia
his clear. pure air, ana persons Who have run a.
his rapidly seem 10 pick up flesh equally as