The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-24
SITE FOR CONSERVATIVES
Preparations to Establish a New
York tuberculosis Hospital.
Weather Observer Sims Discusses
the Importance of Selecting a
Proper Climate for the Sufferers.
Many lessons to BE Learned
From Nature in Fighting Phthisfs.

ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 24.-Repregenta-
tives Of the State boards empowered by
the Legislature to select a site for the
proposed tuberculosis hospital in the Adj
rondacks. together with certain State Off
GERS, will visit Dannemora tomorrow to
look over the available sites in that neigh
borhood At the meeting of the Estate
boards held recently. when the Lake Clear
site was proposed by the tuberculosis Corn
mission. enc of the witnesses against Inc
selection of that site was Sergeant Alfred
F. Sims United States Weather Observer
at Albany, who spoke in favcr of Dame
mora as better situation for such an in
stitution.
Sergeant Sims today said to CORE
spondent that If scientific medical grad
uate, who had previously grounded him
self in the fundamental principles OF Gil
matology and studied recorded facts. oecu-
pied the place of medical director. he
could take the report of each case sub
mitted by his medical inspector and direct
the assignment of each case to its appro-
pirate climate. He said:
''The considerations are so many and so
difficult, however, that this is not practi-
cable The nearest approach TO the ideal
is a series OF cottages or terraces. with
mechanical appliances to initiate the eli
mates found in nature best suited to the
treatment OF disease in which climate plays
an important part. The noble work or
looking toward the betterment of the phys
ically bad upon which the State is about
10 enter is for the many. Ii is proposed
to take from their ranks those eases OF a
type and stage of the disease for which
rational and systematic scheme OF treat
mcnt is TO be planned, with view to rem
ovating the stricken, and by returning
them IN an Improved condition to bring
sunshine and giadness TO the homes they
left in darkness and sorrow.
In selecting a locality the question OF
the amount CT sunshine is an important
one to consider. also that of ventiia tion
The area and duration of snow covering is
an important one as X affects the humid
ity especially When thawing conditions
prevail. Ozone is most abundant in open
places ard Oh mountains, and is increased
by strong sunlight and electrical storms
Dust and ether foreign bodies are present
TO small extent On mountain slopes. The
/ average cioudiness is greater in the west
/ portions of the mountains than on the east
/ slope The air is more salubrious on the
! east than on the west slope. Evaporation
| is greater in the open country than n the
( forest.
ITO my mind. absolute humidity ard not
actual raiEfE,- is the determining element
/ in this case When air is dry more yaP3r
/ is exhaled wiki each breath than when TIA
! air is damp II cold d-y air more water
/ is evaporated from the lungs than in cold,
/ damp air. The rarity Of dew, mist, and fog
/ is evidence Of . low dew point and low rel
ative humidity. In damp climates the sun
! cl5 fS IN dry eli ha
shine is more powerful.
/ -DannemoTa nay Ee classed to ele-
vation under the head Of medium climate;
! as 10 temperature moderately Geld and of
| poor Hapor-carrying capacity: as 70 humid
| ity relatively dry. The soil is aiiuyial and
/ peryioUs and frost does not penetrate it
! far down Dannemora is located on the
southeast slope. In the Immediate vicinity
! Of Dannem0-a and extending for some dis
/ lance in a southwesterly direction through
| Saranac township the region is dsnudsd.
| 1t is uEqueStionab!y positive climate for
| the first stage invalids. he climate is eX-
| hiIaGatipg and puts the residents therein
! through course Of pulmonary gymnastics.
! 1t is gccd place to which may be ssnt
| first stage hereditary cases for permanent
| residence
When land is not we'll drained in d
moist climate it becomes cold and clam
my, and q low order CT organisms thrive
and develop. If land is well drained and
| air has free access to it il becomes warm
and low oEGar CT organisms cannot live
and are not found therein. So also with
! the lungs. when the lungs are not well
drained they become cold and clammy,
| and in the course of time a low order OF
| life thrives and develops therein. This is
| remarkably true for moist climate When
we find land that is naturally we'll drained
| and where warm and dry air has free ac-
cess to the sGil, we also find Tat the
lungs OF t. natives are well developed
and rarely liable TO infection. If they dc
become infected the climatic conditions
| are incapable OF aiding in the process CT
! progression, but, on the contrary lend
| themselves toward recovery. So that the
logical pIare in which to establish the
first stage phthisis sanatorium is in a
section where the climatic conditions are
reflected in the soil
ITO improve On nature is infinitely be-
| yond the power of finite nan, but we car
| learn of her methods aad reap a maxi
mum benefit, even under the most unfa
| vorable circumstances. To heal the in
| fected lung nature first renders the bur-
rover tnanimate by cold, dry air, ana
keeps the healing process apace with bal
| sam vanished molecules. The degree OF
success will be in harmony with the near
ness to which We approach natures meth
| DDS.
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