Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23

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It's not intended here 70 prove or expand
upon the I've requisite conditions laid down by
DIR. DeniSOn, and for further Information the
reader Is referred to the article already
quoted. The conditions are found only Ia nigh
finland attitudes. and Silver City Is 6,OoO above
aud many hundreds OF miles away from tho sea
Patients with asthma, bronchitis or i~ncipient
phtilsis may come 10 Silver City direct without
fear Of danger from the altitude, but II the
heart Is weak, or ~ hemOrrhage has been very
recent, Il were Welt to stop over for a month AZ
III PasO OF Las Cruces, with altitude OF 8,70i
feet, aud 1000 feet respectively. The weaker
the patient the more prolonged should be his
Journey to high attitudes. The opinions Of
medical men.as 10 the effect Of the climat 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 20 higher than 1000 feet or to put it more
practically, no further north than Las Cruces or
La Mesilla. The reader Will observe that with
one exception the altitude OF the stations here
given increases from south to north causing q
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 10 tho fact that while II Is
nearly as far south as Las Cruces Il has an
altitude Of 200 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, in
asmuch as It involves other forms Of debility
than that produced by pulmonary disease. and
more particularly diseases OF the nervous sys-
ten.
Much has been written OF Colorado as a resort
for c-0nsumptiyes and Il deserves much Of the
praise It has received, as Is evidenced by the
number Of cures which have taken place there,
but the intense cold Of It's winter climate and
| the many days. relatively, In which snow lies
upon the ground. are causing invalids to look
further south for a balmler climate. New Mex
leo possesses sall the advantages claimed for
Colorado. with the added one Of q more temper
| ale winter.
The hot springs which abound in all portions
! II ff. VFarrf1a rrr Iu % hnnn found 81 nrranf ..I.a
In rheumatic diseases, and need only to be
| known 10 be patrCuiZed. This latter remark
will apply to an Of New Mexico, which has
until recently. been regarded rs little better
than "a desert, but which is becoming known ia
the profession as possessing advantages 10 the
patient with weak lungs that are not equaled
anywhere IN the United States, and which arc
not excelled, perhaps, anywhere In the civilized
world.
The class OF patients receiving most benefit 10
New Mexico are, naturally, those that are ablC
70 get abOut aud receive all tho benefits OF sun
light and moderate exercise. There are hun
dreds Of healthy persons IN the Territory today
who were a few years ago victims OF asthms
chronic bronchitis, iEeipent phthlsis, or unTe
solved pneumonia. Some were sufferers from
marked cases Of phthisis with cavities, and wer,
carried to their boarding places on chairs or in
stretcher. These. OF course, are IN mum
Der, hut they form q large percentage. NAM
phthisical patients have come out only to die
having waited too long before taking the Una
steps Of change Of climate, which for this reason
proves too often q fatal step.
AoiNilthilt> kdln fNfuiOFl lWNleuNlitlH IN LUi
clear. pure air, and persons who have run dow
rapidly seem to pick mp flesh equally as fast
Chronic eases improve slowly hut steadily.
A mistake made by many Is IN expecting to,
much Of the climate, and they either remain II
doors too much. taking little exercise. or over
exert themselves Ia dancing or other amuse
ments, spending 100 much time outdoors on coll
nights.
IN these high attitudes tho sun f. the grea
! llfeIgfver, whose movements should be CAREFUL.
watched, and no invalid should venture abfoal
without his cOmpaniOnship.
Folly IN matters Of common sense has cause
the loss Of many lives In tins region. We kn0l
Of a young man with tuberculosis OF the lung
who walked seven miles 10 a dance after might
fail twice "a week, In less than SIX months Ate
his coming he was taken home a corpse. Al
other fatal ease was q young man with the sam
disease who contracted pneumonia by beln
caught IN "a hailstOrm while hunting IN white
high up ll tho Organ mountains.
Other cases might be mentioned, but they onl
20 to show that patients can not be cured !
spite Of themselves even In New Mexico.