Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-08-28

over the kWc Hfedt resorts on the tdtlttu ana
coasts Of the United States
jacksonville and San Diego.
Mean relative humidity for the year ending
July /, 1881
silver CITY, n. ---.-.- y
santa ne, n, %
san Diego. Cal 1900. ....... ~ !
Jacksonville. Fla a /
81. Paul, MINI ......... .-..-s... Go
San Antonio. Texas ....... %
bostQni ........-.-- 20
Philadelphia, 81
OAiutso, hl.......ss sss.s.s.s.ss- %
tits not Intended here TO prove or expand
upon the hve requisite conditions laid dOWn b.
DR.. Denison, and for further Information the
reader IS referred to the article already
quoted. The conditions are found only in high
finland attitudes. and Silver City Is 5000 above
and many hundreds Of miles away from the sea
Patients with asthma, bronchitis OF i%nciplent
phthisis may come 10 Silver City direct without
fear Of danger from the altitude, but II the
heart Is weak, or 1t hemorrhage has been very
recent, it were wen to stop over for a month az
Fl Paso or Las Cruces, with altitude Of s.7ol
feet and 1900 feet respectively. The weaker
the patient he more prolOngedIshould be his
journey TO high attitudes. The opinions Of
medical men as TO the effect Of the climate Of
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disease vary considerably, but the writer Is with
the majority when he advises such patients not
to go higher than 1000 feet OF to put it more
practically, no further north than Las Cruces or
La Mesilla. The reader viii observe that with
one exception the altitude Of the stations here
given increases from south to 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 to the fact that while it is
nearly as far south as Las Cruces 1t has an
altitude off 700 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 tie nervous sys-
TEN.
Upon this subject DIR. F. w. Seward Of Goshen
N. Y, has said in an article read In 1892 before
the American Health Resort Associations
"Lessened induction Of electric fluid PiYes
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. It has been demonstrated within a
comparatively recent date that men employed
about electrical works, and particularly on elec-
trio street ears, or where there Is a large Undue.
ton Of electric fluid, hayeexperiencod immunity
IN aslarge degree from chronic ailments. Tit
atmosphere Immediately about them is heavily
charged with electricity. hence that within does
not flow from them. Virtue has not gone Out
Of them. It is a question II the eneryatIon We
experience from warm, damp weather is mol
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 enervatior
the stimulating influence Of a clear, crisp atmos-
phere, when the humidity Is CONCEALED and the
air becomes a less perfect conductor.
In studying the climatology Of our countrl
from this standpolnt,aud admitting the value O
the above mentioned attributes, as one must,
am ready to affirm that in no other section vii
the perfection Of these be so nearly found, o.
approached. as In New Mexico"
The present writer recalls several OCCASION
4 during the past winter when, after a walk In tn
/, hills about Silver City. he shook hands with per
3 sons causing them to start at the electric shocl
Z received In the touch Of fingers. Exercising fl
/, the dry air he mad become charged with cleo
I trlcity, and on the first contact had discharges
the iuldlike the shock from a Leyden jar.
A lady residing In Silver City. who has a heav
suit OF hair which she is fond Of having combel
r by a companion, has been compelled TO foreg
p this process In cold weather ON account Of IN
burning pain produced by il.
4 To those who have faith In the efficacy OF pin
forests, 1t may be said that the mountains abou
5 Silver CITY are covered with these trees, an
Z may be reached In a fifteen minutes walk 10 IN
north, east or west. The hills Of the tow
2 proper are most without trees, being coyere
: with bear grass and varieties Of the mague
plant. Closer In are large native COTTONWOOD
s trees, which afford excellent shade, and ar
2 found throughout the country wherever there
human habitation.
The accommodations are good, as 10 board an
lodging. and there are several wen conducte
restaurants IN the town.
The hills abound in doves, wild pigeons. qua
and rabbits, and further ont In the mountain
are bear, deer and antelope. Duck hunters WI
! go as far as the ella river are usually rswardt
with plenty Of game.
The roads about Silver City are for the mo
n part quite good and arc used by q lumber
persons Of an ages and both sexes whoshaye I
- cycles.
In endorsing Silver City It has been the inter
ion Of the writer 10 show at the same time 6
A. NuNaNLdNc1 Oh tlNiatt NunoNroch ny the Wiz
Territory, holding up the former place more a.
~ type Of New Mexican resorts rather than {
sole desirable one. Silver City has no one pre-
erty ofcllmatei In which it Is not equaied by SOL
other locality. and ir Is IN the tout eascmI
alone that Il can claim les superiority.
n Much has been written Of Colorado as a RESI-
en- TOR consnmptives and Il deserves much OF {
praise It has received, as Is evidenced by {
o number Of cures which have taken place the
ne but the intense cold Of rs winter climate u
the many days, relatively, IN which snow I
70 upon the ground, are causing inyalids 10 10
OF further south for a balmier climate. New Nj
IS, leo possesses all the advantages claimed
'At Colorado, with the added one Of more temp
a ate winter.
nv Tho hot springs which abound 10 an pOrl1
OF the Territory have been iound Of great va
y In rheumatic diseases, and need only 10
known 70 be patronized. This latter rema
TAT viii apply 70 an Of New Mexico, which h
ne until recently, been regarded as little betl
nc than q desert, but which Is becoming known
. tho profession as possessing advantages 70
ma patient with weak lungs that are not equal
anywhere Ia the United States, and which q
not excoiied. perhaps, anywhere IN the ciyiiz
on. world.
no The class Of patients receiving most benefit
leT New Mexio0 arc, naturally, those that are al
~ ! 70 raf about ADD raoalQo An tina hnna0fa ~ en