Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-09-18

nuI NNW urW INcn Virtue Na. UNI .NU cNI
ni Chem. ItIs a question h. che cnefvaiiun te
eNptfltnce FROM warm. damp weather IS rof
infEey due 10 che rapid outflow 81 electric cuf.
rert or ln either words. 90 D. mere negative state
~ the SYSTEM Contrast with nis cneryallon
ufe stimulating influence Of clear. crisp aimls
rncIe, when the humidity is CONCEALED and the
Aif bcconc9 afess perfect conductor.
ln siudyius he clmatoloey Of our comnlr,
from Nfis standpoihta nt admitting TIE value of
thc above mentioned attributes. as one must. J
tn reads % nnrm That ~ 90 other sectlnn wil
ne perfection 90 these De so nearly lound. OF
approached ss 10 New Mexico"
The present writer recalls several occasion.
during thp pnst winter when. arcr q walk ln the
hills about silver City. De shook hands with Der.
SOUS cuising them 90 slart at Csc electric shock
received in The touch of nneers. Exercising be-
The dry air he had become charged with cleo
tficity, and 90 the first contact had discharged
The fluid ike the Shock from q ieyden Jar.
Alady residing in Silver City. vino has a heavy
suit Of hair which She Is fond OF having comhed
hy a companion, has been compelled 70 i0reRo
this pfuccss Ia cold weather on account Of The
burning pain produced by It.
To those who have hllih in The efficacy OF pine
forests. u may be said That the mountains about
Silver CITY are covered with These trees. and
may be reached in ~ fifteen minutes walk 70 the
north, east or west The hills Of the town
proper gre almost without trees. hcinr covered
With bear grass and ~yaiiciles q The magney
pltnt. Closer in are ltige native cottonwood
trees, which afford excellent shade. and are
found throughout the country wherever there IS
human mibita.ion.
The accommodation are good. as 20 board and
lodging, and there are several well conducted.
restaurants ~ the town. a
The hills abound IN doves, wild pigeons. qusH
and rabbits. and further ont 10 the mountains
aru bear. deer and antelope. Duck hunters who
go as far as the ella river are usually rewarded
with plenty Of aamo.
The roads about Silver City are for the most
part quite good and are used by a number Of
persons Of an ages and both sexes who have bi
cycles.
In endorsing Silver City It has been the intent
ION Of the writer 70 show a. the samo time the
advantages Of climate possessed by the whole
Territory. holding up the former place more rs Il
type Of New Mexican resorts rather than the
sole desirable Que. silver CITY has no one prop
erty Of climnte In which il is not equaled by some
other locality, aad it is in the tout ensemble
alone that It can claim its superiority.
Much has been written of Colorado as a resort
for e~onsumptives 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 its winter climate and
the many days. relatively. m which snow lies
upon the ground, are causing iu,alids 10 look
further south for u balmier chm ,te. New Mex
leo possesses an the advantages claimed for
Colorado. with the added one Of % more tcmrer-
ate winter.
The hf springs which abound IN an portions
Of the Territory nave been found Of great value
In rheumatic diseases, and need only to be
known 70 be ptigtmized. This batter remark
will apply % all OF New Mexico. which has
until recently. been regarded as little better
than a desert, but which Is becoming known to
the profession as possessing advantages 10 the
patient with weak lungs that ere not equaled
anywhere IN the United States, and which are
NOS excelled, perhaps, anywhere in the civilized
world.
The class Of patients receiving most benefit IN
New Mexico are. naturally, those that are able
to get aboit M receive all the benefit, Of sun
light and moderate exercise. There are hun
dreds Of healthy persons In the Territory today
who were n few years ago victims Of asthma
chronic bronchitis, ircipent phthlsls, or unre.
solved pneumonia. Some were sufferers from
marked cases Of phthlsls wiih c~aYities, and were
carried to their boarding pllces on chairs or in a
stretcher. These, OF course, are fewer IN num-
Der. but they form a large percentage, Many
phthisical patients have come out only to die.
having waited too lolg before taking the final
step Of change OF cllm1te, which for this reason
proves too often q fatal Step.
Asthmatics gain comfort Immediately in the
clear, pure air, and persons who have run down
rapidly seem to pick up flesh equally as fast
Chronic cases improve siowly bat steadily.
A mistake male by many is In expecting too
much Of the climate, and they either remain in
doors too much, taking little exercise. or over
exert themselves in dancing or other amusc-
mcnts, spending toe much time outdoors on cold
nights.
In these high attitudes the sun Is the great
lfe-giver, whose movements shonld be carefully
watched, and no invalid should venture abroad
without his eompaniohship.
Folly ia matters OF common sense has caused
the loss OF many lives IN this region We know
Of a young man with tuberculosis Of the lungs
who walked seven miles to a dance after night
fall twice a week. In less than six months after
his coming he WAS taken home a corpse. An
other fatal case was a young man with the same
disease who contracted pneumonia by being
caught in a halstofn while hunting IN winter
high up IN the Organ mountains.
Other cases might be mentioned. but they Only
80 to show thai patients can not be cured ~
spite OF themselves even Ia New Mexico.