Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-22


dermic medication Of climatic influence
will eradicate the bacillus. The relief Of
q cough, Of course, does not constitute q
cure.
The organs OF respiration will admit
but n element safely, that element is
air. The trauchea instinctively closes
when the introduction Of any liquid or
powder is attempted. But fresh and
pure air can be thoroughly impregnated
With germicidal and antiseptic agents,
and then introduced into the most re-
mote recesses OF the organs OF respiration
without effort or Inconvenience on the
part Of the patient.
zone Of the most striking features Of
the system employed at the San Gabriel
sanitarium Is that tbs germicidal and
antiseptic properties with which the air
Is ~impregnated are 80 thoroughly pene.
trating that every part Of the respiratory
organs are reached, even the parts not
reached by any ordinary inhalation In
the case OF the diseased lungs.
THE plan OF successfully introducing
these germieidal and a~ntiseptic agents
into every part is effected in three ways.
all three Of which are employed In every
case.
Fresh air Ia drawn from the outer at
mosphere by u vacuum pump and forced
under moderate pressure through a bat.
terry Of cylinders containing a germlcidal
aud antiseptic preparation aud becomes
i~mpregnatei with germicidal and anti
septic properties. In passing through
drying tanks after the air becomes i'm.
pregnated, 1t is made dry and pure, and
Ia the indicated, dry aud pure state 1t is
communicated to the apartments OF the
patients throughout the sanitarium, In
quantities sufficient TO maintain thu
.ormal properties Of oxygen to meet the
eQuirements OF the nutritiye function.
In the second place, each room occu-
lied by a patient is fitted with one Of the
ieblizers, used only In the pneumo-
hemic system OF treatment, which Ia mr.
ranged 10 saturate the air Of the apart
ment by evaporation every hour OF the
day and night with an aromatic germi-
cidal and antiseptic yapOr. This only
supplemental TO the FIRST appliance.
Third, a special treatment room is In
I Use In every one Of these %sanitariums, in
which the volatilized germicide is more
concentrated than IL possible In the or
binary living apartments. The patients
are required to sit In this room amidst
the dense and penetrating fumes three
times daily for a time ranging from ten
to twenty minutes.
"All these deductions and this method
are based upon the germ theory and It's
chronological relation 10 tuberculosis. IL
Is well known that the germlcidal agents
capable Of destroying the germ or rem
dering immunity. There are aseptic
conditions 10 obtain which there must be
antiseptic agents. This theory Is 30
drmly engrafted upon the public mind
That should a surgeon treat a disease or
injury without due regard 10 sepsis OF
neglect TO render the surroundings OF his
patient aseptic, he would be held guilty
OF criminal negligence. That this theory
should be employed In the treatment Of
tuberculosis Is not only rational and
reasonable but strictly consistent with
therapeutic law.
"The San Gabriel sanitarlum, after
which the Albuquerque institution will
be modelled as nearly as possible. is oper.
ated upon the plan OF sn extensive hotel
or resort, where the treatment Is IN ad.
ditional feature. Although the patients
remain the most OF the time In their
rooms, where they need not be conscious
OF the treatment that the medicated air Ia
effecting, except through the results, they
are given every means OF passing pleas
ant hours In the parlors below.
1T Is not expected by this treatment
that lungs will be made TO order. but II IL
claimed that the affected member il res
cued from the consuming bacilli, and
that nature is then In time 10 rebuild the
wasted parts. The desired results are at
tanned by keeping the healthy tissues
sterilized and thereby securing them
from further proliferation Of the bacilli
All tissue reached by the circulation OF
the blood. as we'll as the respiratory sur
face, is stehiized. By inhalation the
medicated yapOr is brought into forced
contact with every part Of the lungs,
where II Is difused and absorbed and the
blood ~impregnated with 1t. The bacillus
thus surrounded. intrenches itself In the
tubercle. there becomes encysted, and Is
beyond the reach Of bacillicldes, due TO
the lack OF vascular supply In its ha6itet.
But having encompassed the aggressive
capability Of the bacillus, Its life Is short
for lack OF nutriment and by reason OF
Gaseous degeneration. The degeneration
OF the tubercle which follows exposes the
little enemy TO the action OF antiseptic
gsrmicidal yapOr, and those not elected
by expectOration are In an atmosphere
a%ntagOnistic TO their causing further in
lection.
This treatment Is what Is In success
full operation at San Gabriel, and at other
places. and what is proposed for Albu-
querque."