Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-14
s. s. s. IS THE IDEAL TONIC AND BLOOD PURIFIER F0R
OLD PEOPLE.

authoritatively ON the subject of eli
mate. My travels have included the
entire United States, Canada, portions
of Alaska and Mexico as far south as
the isthmus. Points of especial study
with me We're noted health resorts, such
as Asheville, N. c. Jacksonville, Fla;
San Antonio, Tex, and the various Pa
cific coast towns in southern California.
My interest in the subject has been a
genuine ONE, as will be readily conceded
when it is stated that the primary OBJ
ject of my wanderings was to select for
myself a suitable residence-one where
| could enjoy at least proximate health,
If not secure absolute ecovery from
my disease. The primary and all impor-
tant prerequisite for any diseased con-
dition of the air passages or lungs is an
abundant and nev~er-failing supply of
oxygen derived from an atmosphere ap-
~proximately free from moisture n
~noXious ingredients, highly rarifled,
containing a large proportion of oxy-
gen, electricity and ozone-in other
words, a pure, dry, aseptic air. What
ever may be the belief in any special
therapy employed in a given case, 1
must insist from the knowledge ac-
quired as the result of constant practi-
cal observation, that pathological lung
tissue will, i'm all cases, respond to
treatment promptly in a suitable eli
mate, /. e., where climatic and hygienic
conditions have due need of considera-
ton. Near the ~seacoasts, in low,
swampy and marshy places, and in
most large cities, the atmospheric con-
ditions are invariably against the pa
tient suffering from, or threatened with,
tubercular or other diseases of the
lungs and respiratory tract. TO throw
off, retard OF 10Y from these condi-
lions patients should be sem into the
elevated plateaus of the country, pref
erably to mountainous regions, with a
moderate altitude. Mid-ocean has it's
advocates, and doubtless possesses GER
tain advantages i'm point of pure air,
especially in cases of tuberculosis COM
plicated with syphilis. Professor Lie
berkuhn, the eminent German physiol-
ogist, states that the altitude most ia
vorable to the human organism Is about
1000 meters, somewhat more than $500
feet. All writer's on climatolOgy con-
cur in the value of altitude, where the
altitude is associated with the atmos-
pheric conditions above described. The
excellent gymnastics afforded the lungs
I are most valuable, as Is we'll known to
all observers. There can be no better,
more simple o. effective form of nat
ural physical exercise than walking;
illur u lAlo NC pAl oOCu III u
favorable climate, it will obviate the
imaginary necessity for a portable
gymnasium, which forms part of the
outfit of most health seekers who go
abroad.
1t would be a work of supererogation
for me to state anything in connection
with SO we'll an as4ertained fact as the
extreme durability of pulmonary tuber-
culosis in the incipient stage, when the
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able hygienic and climatic surround
ings. All leading writers on tuberculo-
sis are a unit to-day OF this question.
Laennec of France, Williams, Sir J..
Clark and Edward Smith of England,
Hughes Bennett of Edinburgh, Won
Zienssen of Munich, Flint, Loomis, r.
G.. Curtain, Osler, Clinton, Wagner and
Semi in our own country, and dozens of
other eminent writers and teachers,
have expressed themselves in the most
pronounced language upon this subject.
OF no less Importance, perhaps, is the
widespread and almost universal con-
sensus of opinion with regard to the
climatic conditions indicated in the
treatment of the various forms of tu-
berculOsis. All authorities concede the
value of altitude, absence of moisture,
the direct rays of the sun, together with
an absence of high and sudden winds.
All of these conditions are to be found
in a nearly ideal state. and in varied
degrees according to the given altitude
and latitude throughout the spacious
territory of New Mexico.
Better than words of mine, and more |
useful for the purpose in hand, is a
brief reference to the charts (these are
taken at random and not selected) |
made at the United States weather OBJ
servation office at Santa Fe, N. M. TAX
ing n year with another, the average
will be found to be about as follows:
Year. Annual Mean.
1872. ..... ...,.,,.,, 47e
1873. ....... 49,. Asa
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