Daily camera., 1897-08-21
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not easily Impressed sufficiently on
| thoSe not familiar with it, Ii makes II
possible FOR one TO live with great COM
tort even during a summer when the
geherai temperature, as shown by the
theIihoineter exposed to the direct rays
OF the sun. would seem to be almost
unbearable.
The mean annual temperature OF
Denver is 90 degrees. and the mean an
nual Temperatures of all the most thick
ly settled part of the state. lust Eas.
or the mountains. is from As 20 so de-
grees.
Captain w. A. Glassford chief signal
officer department of Colorado has
contributed an article to the reuort of
1894 of the Colorado state hoard of.
health on the subject of the actual AZ
compared with apparent climate, and
from this article some of the points
given above are taken. "Wher>the pub
lished record" he says, "of II Meat In
Louis and Chicago is above 4 begrees
1t is sumply unbearable; whnly Vac same
recorded temperature In Denver Is at
tended with little discomfort. why? BE-
cause In the East moisture is present
to a very considerable extent in the
atmosphere, while in the West it is al
most absent
life. There is no season of the year, and
in fact there are few days in the year
in which one can not be out of doors
| with comparative comfort This, added
to the facts that the air is bracng and
the sunshine inspiring, leads to a great
deal of walking and driving and riding
and bicycling and outdoor sports. The
result Of this on health Is perhaps
shown more clearly In the children OF
NJ. IL sl,,1tat
| considers that very large proportion
of Colorado parents are people who
came to the state as invalids, the heal
thy appearance of the children one
| meets on the streets and sees collected
in schoolrooms Or at play on the ath-
letic grounds is something remarkable.
They are full-chested, strong -limbed
and bronZed.
1t has yet to be discovered that, save
in peculiar and rather unusual cases OF
certain diseases, the rarity Of Colorados
atmosphere, at the moderate elevation
of the eastern foothills-say four to sew
en- thousand feet-is injurious in any
way. The air, in Tact, tones up the sys-
tenn of almost all corners.
Under the sanitary arrangements that
have been put in force in Denver in re-
cent years (and others Of our cities are
following Denvers example in this re-
front as one of the healthiest cities on
the whole continent, and this in spite
of the fact thatsits population is con-
stantly added to by invalids from the
extreme East. ...
The pure, dry and invigorating air,
the lack Of dew art night, the abundance
of good water, the inspiration Of the
scenery, and the tonic effect of the sun
shine make of all out-of-doors Colora-'
a nj itor ri iva ptit Of "
keep in the sum-" breathe fresh air."
are the commonest precepts to his pa
tients of the physician skilled In the
benefits Of Colorado climate. \
Regarding tubercular diseases, Many
consumptive has hesitated to try in
Colorado the climatic treatment" says
DR.. Hershey, in a paper read before the
Colorado State Medical society in 1894.
because he shrank from being exiled
to distant and strange land Unfor-
tunately the physician has too often
sympathized with him in this feeling.
Together they struggle against the In
evtable progress of the disease, and re-
sort to what might have proven sue
cessful treatment only when 1t Is too
late.
"The term exile has been used. Ex-
lie to what? Exile to land of indus
trious people, who have turned the dry,
parched plains .into fertile fields; to
beautiful cities, supplied with the COM
forts and conveniences of modern life.
| where among a thrifty and progress
i've people, business opportunities
abound; to region of magnificent seem
cry; to streamss and lakes and parks
that afford every delight to the lover
of sport and seeker of health; to eli
mate approaching perfection. where the
| sky is clear and blue, where fog and
dafnpness are unknown, where rain and
storm are rarely met, where the sun
| shines nearly every day In the year
and the moon and stars light up the
heavens with singular brightness by
night, where the winters are mild AID
| the summer heat never oppressive.
where every inhalation of the pure, dry
| air fills the sufferer with fresh hope
strength and courage; where the Ger,
| tainty Of an early grave is exchanged
| for the assurance of O. renewed lease on
life, among happy and delightful cir
ucmstances."
| "Our climate has nothing to fear from
investigation" says DR.. Henry SewaI
in the last report Of the Colorado state
board of health. "Tubercular patients.
| and those who send them here. ought
to know that tuberculosis is considered
| as communicable disease. and that no
| efforts should be spared. now by the
dissemination Of information and by
| moral suasion, perhaps in the future
| through appeals to the police court, to
control the conditions on Which tho
spread of this disease depends"
"The sputum which may lie expecto-
| rated by tuberculous patient" says
DR.. ]. w. Smith In the Colorado Cli-
matologist, may contain millions Of
| bacilli which dry quickly and are soon
destroyed by the suns rays In this cli-
| mate"