Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-01
CLIMATE AND CONSERVATIVES

NJ AND CONSUMPTlVES
When a doctor dispalrs of curilg
a disease be usually advises a change
OF climate for his patient Especial
ly has this been 80 in consumption
cases, land many afflicted persons
have looked upon the giving OF this
advice as an announcement that their
condition Is hopeless and thai they
are doomed 10 an immediate or lin
gering death. Go West and die"
has been The dismal motto and he
lief OF thousands Of consumptlves.
But while the statistics recently
complied show that there a no rem.
edy for the afflicted In the last
stages Of Tuberculosis. yet they also
show that In the earlier stages a
change OF climate is OF unquestion.
able benefit. Phoenix, A. r., has be-
come the rallying point o. health.
seekers. and that their trus. Is MOI
~iHfonnded Is attested by The fact that
the estimates OF The Medical Record
so so far ~ 10 say that lc per cent
OF those who 20 TO Phoenix III the
first stages Of con,'tnpct)n have notn
completely cured, and GO per cent Of
those who had been considered AZ in
durable have been restored TO health
and usefulness.
| But although there Ia no doubt thai
climate may have much TO do In re.
storing health. climate IL not all
powerful When the lungs have been
practically consumed. or soma other
vital point has been invaded by the
rayages OF the disease. there Is no
cure nor relief In any of the drtest
and ~sunniest places Of Colorado. Ari-
zona. California OF New Mexico. TO
advise a patient In such a condition
to go West is simply holding out TO
him a hope doomed to cruel disap-
polntment, On the dry plains OF tho
West there are loo many forlorn vic.
Tins Of consumption drifting around
from place 70 place Ia search Of heath
At an expense which neither they nar
their families and assisting %frien,s
can well affored. Outdoor life and ex-
ercise In the vicinity OF theif hat..es
would be just as effective a remedy
for these deluded sufferers as a trip
70 the West"
Seldom have we subscribed Ia n
editorial utterancc with more through
accord than with the above from tho
Kansas City Journal. II Is criminal
folly 10 send patients IN the advanced
stages Of consumpiion TO the south
west. II Is Just rs criminal doubt
less TO advise them 10 remain and be
treated al home In the earlier stages,
for nothing has been more thoroughl.
demonstrated than almost every case
sent here when the disease .is not
far advanced II cured, The hest ply.
sicians unite In saying thai the
disease cannoi be successfully tceat.
td In a moist climate and In n low
altitude.
Las Vegas can show quite as good
q record as any part Of tho southwest,
but ~ the Las Vegas climate can,
not raise the dead. That Il practical.
ly wha, many eastern doctors expect
II 10 dc. Often the patient is dragged
and dosed until his money and his
lungs are both consumed and thea lie
Is sen To n life Of hardship 10 the
southwest, Asthma and bronchial
trouble in advanced stages are rcliev.
ed or cured A man whose lungs are
badly affected should be tent
away from home. Let him come In
the early stage OF the disease. stay
much out of doors. live nationally.
eat properly and his cure Is certain,
The Optic had occasion to refer
only yesterday 10 the criminal action
Of the city physician of nes Noins.
Iowa, In sending q young men here
three weeks s absolutely penniless
and In the last stages Of the dread
disease " is lsmentable that such
cases are SO common and that east
ern physicians so often lack either
tho intelligence or the common homes.
" that should guide them in giving
the RICH, advice TO their patients