Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-06-13
sncclal Correspondence.


Demng. y. NJ, Jnue 81 have read
with great interest in the June number
OF the Review of Reviews the series OF
articles entitled New Hopes for Con.
sumptives." and note that none OF
the able contributions seem to under
stand the repl nature and character OF
the arid west and its great advantages
In the relief and cure Of consumptlves
and | have thought that 1t might be
OF interest to your thousands OF intel.
ligent readers to know something OF
this wonderful life saving climate, and
the practical results which have OBJ.
served for the last twenty years.
also notice that there is considerable
being said in the popular magazines
and other periodicals. about a national
sanitarium for consumptives. and !
have also thought II would be an item
OF important news to your readers to
learn that such an institution was
about to be established In southwest.
ern New Mexico. hence | will give you
condensed outline OF the palms and
purposes of this semi-natlonal colony
and sanItarium for the treatment and
cure of this terrible disease, and which
Is fully set out in literature mailed TO
you this day under separate cover.
The official reports of the government
military santarium. located at Fort
Bayard. fifty miles north of this place
viii fully verify all claim in this ar
ticle. This government institution Is
doing great work and curing large
percentage of all the military patients
sent there; but IL is only the soldiers
and sailors that are benefited; no
citizens being allowed. The national
colony and sanitarium for consump-
jlves have organized their association
upon the same basis and plans of the
government sanitarum. but upon an
immense scale, where they can care
for this class of sufferers by the thou
sands and tens of thousands This
institution is located in the beautiful
Mimbres valley. surrounded by small
picturesque mountains. with an altl-
tude OF forty-three hundred feet. a
mild even climate. average tempera-
ture of 50, bright sunshine 800 days
in the year. cool. pleasant nights all
the year round; pure, dry air. and an
underground river of pure water which
can be tapped at from twenty to fifty
feet depth anywhere in this valley
within fifty miles square and suffi.
Client water obtained cheaply for all
domestic purposes, as well as for the
irrigation of auy small plots Of ground
for gardens. lawns, vineyards, or
chards, etc. The average rainfall Is
only 11ia inches per annum; so. upon
the whole. ii Is an ideal home for con.
sumptives
l. because the people here are not
! ire. iiced against others coming. On
the contrary they welcome them.
.. the disease never spreads in this
climate, and physicians aud nurses are
never infected by coming in contact
with II.
3. The disease can be treated and
cured here far more economically
than in any of the eastern states.
4 A very large percentage are cur
ed but in order to keep well. must re
main here. and II Is safe TO say thai
they can do as we'll for themselves
here. and become as nearly self-sup
porting as anywhere else in the United
States.
3. BY removing your consumptive'
from their eastern homes. you not onl,
save their lives, but avoid the sprea,
Of the disease in your own homes.
6. 1t is far less expensive for tn,
eastern states to send their consump
tlves here than It is to take care o
them at home
Results Compared.
Dr. Bigg's report Of the BLACKWELL
Island sanitarium for consumptivo
seems to indicate this as one OF th'
most popular eastern places for tn,
treatment OF this disease. This RI
port shows patients received for tn,
current year, 1,i3l. and only twenty
seven absolute cures out of this grea
number, whereas II shows 1914 deaths
thirty-seven sent 20 other hospitals
and siXty-seven sent home not benefit
ted. II Is true that they claim TO hav
improved $50. but whore the diseas
is not absolutely arrested the improve
ment Is OF short duration. After dis
posing OF the above numbers, showin
l 007 OF the 1,i3l, there are still lef
i24 patients not accounted for. an
who were probably sent home h. al,