Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-12
A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION.
For the Cure OF Consumption.

The work of the Ballard Pulmonary
Sanatorium at Pasadena, Cal, is not at
an experimental stage. The treatment
has proven so absolutely a success that
Ionly those question it's merits who
know nothing of its results and of the
cures effected.
DR.. Ballard says that he lays it's
great success to the fact that during
the rinc years since he himself was
cured of tuberculosis (Which time he
has devoted to the treatment of this
disease exclusively he has investigated
every remedy and appliance that has
been exploited, and instad of logged
~ clinging to his own special treat
ment, has utilized everything which
proved at all efficacious in the upbuild-
ing of these patients. The result is
the most complete system for the
treatment OF tuberculosis in this coun-
try.
In response to the suggestion that
Iclimate brought about he cures. DR..
Ballard responded that an equable eli
mate enables the patient to live out
of doors and take exercise in the open
air, which is most helpful, but that no
competent physician now contends
that climate kills the bacilli, and that
unless the germ is destroyed the pa
| tient is not we'll no matter how well he
may appear
BY climate the system can be so for
titled that as long as the patient re-
mains in the locality in which the cure
was effected he will be to all inteuts
land purposes we'll, but the bacilii is
not destroyed, only incapsulated: that
is. surrounded by nature with barrier
SO that it can do no harm. When the
lpatlert therefore returns to his for
mer environments the first slight cold
or congestion which settles on his lungs
places him in condition for the ba-
Icilh to again propagate, and then the
patient is in worse condition than be-
lore, as the second attack finds him
with less reserve vitality to combat
Inc disease. This is the history of SO
lper cent of the so-called climatic cures
NOW when a patient is dismissed
from our institution as cured, this
means that the bacilli is DESTROYED. It
is accomplished in this way:
In the first place, our table is sun
piled with the best that the market
affords, and is adapted especially to
the upbuilding of the patients. In or
der that we may do it justice, we en-
courage an out-of-door life and plenty
OF exercise, and we avoid any effort II,
reach the lungs by way of the stomach.
we place the patient in the best con-
Idition that is possible by seeing that
IAN the functions of the body are work
ing properly, and then we proceed To
Iadminister our curative agents in sew.
Ieral ways.
First. by creating in the lungs an al
mosphere In which the germ cannot
LVe' oy means of inhalation constantly
or medicated air composed of the
hydrocarbons of the phenol group. We
also build up the general system by
means of physical culture and increase
the development of the lungs by a Sc
RES of lung gymnastics, which clears
up the infiltrations and opens IN the
unused air cells.
In suitable cases the pneumatic cabi-
net is used and also both electric and
solar ultra violet or actinic rays.
linen with DR.. Billiards. modification
or koch's Tuberculin, which we admin
lister every other day Gin selected
cases), we soon get the system irta
SUCH condition that it throws off tho
Daclh and the whole circulatorv and
respiratory systems being steriIized
the pacilli cannot again find Judgment
EVERY night and morning each ma
tient has his nose and throat spraved
IN order to prevent any infection in
those parts, and to do away with anv