Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-17

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Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
es; the term consumption Is with many
people synonymous with death; this,
however, is not the case; perhaps ~
per cent OF all cases of beginning con
sumption, il the diagnosis be made
sufficiently early and tie patient placed
in proper climatic and hygienic sur
r%oundings, have a good chance of recov-
cry. The fact Of the durability of this
dis. ,se, a fact well known to all exper-
fenced physicians, leads us next to the
consideration Of the best means we have
to obtain this result.
The question Of climate as a factor in
the treatment of consumption of the
lungs is receiving vastly more attention
and study today than any special plan
of medical treatment applied to this dis
ease. Without entering upon a descrip-
ton of the changes which occur in the
system before this dread disease is es-
tablished, a glance at chemistry will
enable us at once to perceive and APP
preciate the advantages which a prop
erly selected climate presents to the
sufferer, and demonstrate in a large
percentage of cases, the superiority Of
natures method of restoring deranged
functions to the standard of normal
health.
Altitude forces the lungs to work,
thus affording them excellent gymnas-
tics. The rare ozonated air of this re-
gion permeates the lungs to their ulti-
| mate ramifications, preventing, as has
been conclusively shown by DR.. Roland
| G. Curtain, of Philadelphia, pulmonary
hemorrhage, and revivifying the tissues
of the body by supplying them with an
abundance Of oxygen. There is no
health resort in Europe, not excepting
the mu%ch-lauded Riviera, that can
show such a stable and equable range
of heat and cold as a be found at the
meteorological station at Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
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the territory are never sudden, hence
the invalid and health-seeker by a little
attention to his clothing can exercise
daily in the open air, and have no fear
of colds and inflammations of the air
passages so trying upon invalids resi-
lent on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
An altitude of at least 5000 feet is the
best for most patients in the incipient
stag. of pulmonary tuberculosis, and a
patient recovering from his disease
| should be made to understand that
| where he regains health that should be
| his permanent residence. Walking af-
fords the most natural form Of physical
exercise, and if regularly pursued in a
| favorable climate will obviate the mag
mary necessity in the shape Of a nova
BILE gymnasium with which so many in
| valids hamper themselves.
The Climate cure" as it has beer
called, holds out, in my judgment, more
encouragement and hope to the afflicted
than all other methods of treatment
combined. This is stating the CASE
strongly, but truth is truth, and 1t mus
stand.
After extensive travels in all parts O.
the United States, including Florida
Texas, North Carolina, Colorado, Ari
IONA, California, as well as Mexico,
trip through New Mexico settled m!
mind upon the subject Of climate. Sine
coming to this territory I have beel
frequently confronted with what nigh
be called star cures" many of then
patients brought here in an %ostensibl.
hopeless condition. I have taken pain
to personally investigate the historic
of many Of these persons, and I can un
hesitatingly vouch for their accuracy.
The fame Of New Mexico as a SAM
tarium for persons suffering from, 0
threatened with, pulmonary disorders
has spread far beyond the limits Of tn
United States. A committee travelling
around the world under the auspices o
the "Societe Medicale" Of Paris, carrie
back to France the report that in tn
climate Of New Mexico they found NOR
beneficial characteristics and fewe
drawbacks than in that Of any othe
region Of the world visited. It will tax
first place among the worlds %sanatori
for pulmonary consumptives in the nea
future.
All the required characteristics ar
. here: A dry aseptic air, a light atmos
. pheric pressure, a dry, porous soil,
maximum of sunshine, a minimum Q
. cloud, and a slight variation Of temper
ature only between the extremes OF hea
and cold. New Mexico lies in the regio
Of greatest dryness in the United State'
: The average relative humidity of tn
: territory ranges from 20 to 4S per cen
, according to locality. The average Q
!. Boston is 69.2 per cent; at Buffalo, u
per cent; and at olympia, Wash, 70
I per cent. The rainfall for the entire tel
E ritory is, approximately, 1912 inches.
/. The climate Of New Mexico Is II
4 greatest glory. 1t is a land Of sunshin
Here extremes are unknown; In sun
!. mer It IL never uncomfortably warm