Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-14
The annual monthly values will show
e distribution of temperature through

greatest dryness in the United States.
The average relative humidity of the
territory ranges from 80 to 43 per cent,
according to locality. The average of
Boston is 62.2 per cent; Buffalo, N, Y,
I3.1 per cent; and at Olympia, Wash,
1872 per cen The annual rainfall for
the entire territory is approximately
1912 inches. The Incompatible climate
of New Mexico is it's chiefest glory. 1t
is a land of sunshine, with skies of tur-
quois blue. Sunstrokes here are I'M
known, and one can ride all day over
the beautiful mesas (t~ablelands) with
the thermometer at 100 degrees Fahren-
heit or even more, and never suffer a
moment from the heat. The atmosphere
is so free from moisture that it absorbs
little or no heat, SO that, though the
days may be warm, the nights, even in
midsummer, are invariably delightfully."-
cool and refreshing, while the absence
OF flies, mosquitoes and other pests is
noteworthy. In many parts of the terri
tory are to be found grand canons
lofty and picturesque mountain ranges
heavily timbered, streams and rivers
stocked with the choicest mountain
trout, that have long since become ia
nous among sportsmen. Extinct volca-
noes, cliff dwellings, long since aban-
doned by a forgotten race, and relics
everywhere of the early Spanish ex-
plorers, lend a mystic interest and en-
chantment to the student of ar%chaeolo-
gy and history, although not so well
advertised as some other portions of
the country, notably California and
Colorado. New Mexico is now receiving
more and more the notice of climatolo-
glsts ON account of it's pre-eminent san
itary and life-giving climate, so that l
nave no hesitation in predicting a great
future for this territory-that it will
n day become recognized as the sani-
tarium of the United States for tuber-
culosis n diseases of the respiratory
system in general.
The altitude of Santa Fe is approxi-
mately 1000 feet, that of Albuquerque
5000 feet, while at Las Cruces, the
southern extremity of the territory, it
is $500 feet. We therefore see from the
foregoing that within the geographical
boundaries of this territory we have all
the necessary climate and atmospheric
requisite for the successful
care and management of tuberculosis.
Gases of pulmonary tuberculosis in
the early stage of the disease derive the
greatest and most lasting benefit from
a residence in this climate-the disease
yielding promptly, and the patient be-
coming, in a short time, as nearly as
1T is possible for him to be, a sound and /
we'll man. In the second stage of the |
disease, also, pulmonary tuberculosis /
frequently subsidies and remains uuies- |
cent for a long period of time, it being |
not an uncommon incident for a pa I
tient to ultimately die of some other |
disease. Cases of pulmonary tuberculo- |
sis in the third stage, with serious |
laryngeal involvement, constant tenn |
perature, night sweats, d%iarrhoea. |
infection, and profound anorexia. |
should never be sent from home with
the view of deriving any curative bene- |
mt from any climate. If such a patient |
or his friends insist upon a change, it |
should be distinctly borne i'm mind that |
climate car help or save him: and
that the best he can expect from a
change Is some relief or modification of
more aggravating symptoms of his
ulsease, or, in other words, to make the
OF dying easier for the sufferer. The
attention of the medical profession
throughout the United States has been
attracted to his region with great force
IN the past few years, owing to the
large percentage of recovery produced
oy the climate. Patients are being sent
'ere in great numbers, and the results
ire more h a fulfilling the expecta-
so that the future of New Mexi-
20 as the sanitarium of this country for
tuberculosis in all of it's forms NAV be
stated as an established fact, and it's
lain, l am certain, is based upon a
lrm n lasting foundation.