The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-18


" the fact that the medical profession
has made no Roadway in the treat
ment and cure OF this dread disease.
AS matter of fact. the same meth
DDS and remedies which were resortei
It nifty years ago are still in general
Use in spite OF the mute protest of
'hs thousand, on thousands III head
stone in our graveyard.
Climate and stomachic indications
still seem to be the dependencies of
the average medica practitioner in his
treatment of tuberculosis.
Even If the experience OF years had
not proved the inetficiency OF these
methods. it would seem as though
common sense would come TO the res
cue. Any reasonable man must real
ize that any germicide taken in the
stomach sufficiently powerful TO be
effective by the time it reaches the
lungs, must inevitably destroy the di-
gestve organs if it Is introduced into
the stomach
Those poor unfortunates who have
been dosed with guatcol. creosote and
the like. know how these drugs des-
troy the stomach. rendering adequate
nutrition impossible and merely has
tening the end Years of experience
has shown it to be useless to attempt
TO kill germs in the lungs by drugs in
the stomach.
The other great dependence of ply
stefan and invalid in the treatment of
consumption. is climate. Why this
Is so. is hard indeed TO understand.
tuberculosis is germ disease. Germs
live and thrive in every climate. There
is nothing germicidal about climate
This futile dependence upon climate
for properties it does not possess is
costing thousands upon thousands of
lives every year. Too late the in
valid realizes that he has made mis-
take, OF course. the freedom from ad-
verse conditions in a genial climate
gives nature a little chance, but the
dependence upon climate for specific
curative properties is a dreadful
elunder, There have been cases on
record, wherein the Invalid recovered
his strength and liveu for years under
favorable climatic conditions AS a
consequence, the invalid grasps at
such instances as a drowning man
does a straw. He forgets that one
live person who has succeeded talks
AOuhCl IMAM tIic Iiduy IHOuSduuS
who have likewise tried and failed
Furthermore, such cases succumb IL
they attempt to live again back East.
The simple fact is this, that in the
infnitesimal percentage of incipient
cases who do succeed in checking the
disease by change of climate the ba-
cilli are not destroyed or eliminated
from the system. They merely lie
dormant. ready To break ont again
when the first adverse condition gives
them a starr.
In short. climate is no. ccrmtidal
The very most that can be said for
the most favorable clima'e is that
its comparative freedom from adverse
conditions leaves nature more free to-
asserts itself. and only in a very small
percentage of the most incipient cases
does this climatic advantage prove a
determining factor in the trend of the
disease. Any cmange of climate is apt
to temporarily improve the superficial
condition Of the patient. but how the
invalid can blindly pin his faith to the
curative properties of a climate while
he feels himself sinking day after day
is incomprehensible
some nvsi;tie TAX tac advice of
doctors Who are ,pnt aescdiy unable
t" cure them, slmri, .ee2uso icy do
not know what else to do. Some de-
pend upon climatic advantages because
they Know no other where to ,urr.
The Ballard Pulmonary Sanator-
ium, of Pasadena, California, has per-
fected a system Of treatment which can
hut appeal to every rational man or
woman who takes the pains to give
this matter of life and death a care
full investigation. Following is a
brief description of the treatment used
in this institution and appended will
be found some testimonials a to the
& fficacy OF the Treatment. Many of
these testimonials date back to five or
six Year, ana Communication with -"
writers today will prove ~ the most
sIeI'ical not "Gly that the tI,a.n' MT
cures. but that the cures last
The climate of Pasadena Is genial.
even. dry and free from the sudden
changes and the extremes of heat and
cold which tell so quickly on the pull
monary invalid Good air. good care.
good food and good climate are i'm
portant factors in the upbuiding of
the system and are given due weight
in the Ballard institutional regime.
The fact remains, however. that in
curing a germ disease. some effective
method must be employed for the
eradication of the baCilli from the
system and any treatment which stops
short of this point is useless and in
effectual
The system Of treatment may be
briefly described as follows:
Continuous mpdirated inhalatiOn
The Importance is recognized of ere
ating within the lungs and air pas
sages a medium in which the germ
cannot live. at the same time increas-
ing the resisting power of the body.
This is accomplished by the continu-
Gus inhalation of mpdicated air. IN
the apartment of each patient there
is placed vaporizer of sufficient ca
pacity to saturate the air of the room
night and day by evaporation. Fresh
air is drawn from the outer atmos-
phere. high above the earth's surface.
by an air pump, and forced unuer
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