Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-19
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sumption causes more deaths than
any four other contagious and In
fections diseases combined, that fully
5000 lives have been sacrificed dur
ing the past year In the state, that
half Of these people were between the
ages Of twenty and forty and that the
loss In money amounts to $36.000,000
The state board comes to a conclusion
that may surprise many people. name
~ that climate Is not necessary In The
cure OF the disease, but that the san
itarium treatment at home viii prove.
effacious. A state hospital for con
snmptiyes Ia recommended,
II The state board means to convey
the idea that the disease can BE AZ
well treated IN Illinois as It can In.
New Mexico, for instance, the board Is
talking nonsense. However, there
are d great many sufferers from this
disease who absolutely cannot change.
residence, and the board in holding
out hope TO these does well.
Nevertheless II cannot BE disputed.
that where IN d he cured in the.
moist and clianseabIe climate of HIN.
obs. fen 4 BE cured II the pure air
and beneath the sunny skies Of New
Mexico. n only stands ~ reason that
i pure outdoor air Is desiratnm that
the patient viii DO better where The
weather u perfect nearly all the
days of the year, where the dry OK
hileratlng air Of the mountains IL In
itself q powerful tonic, but facts prove
that much better results have been ac.
complished In the arid west than else
where. Not In the world have such
other successes been made III the
treatment Of the disease as have been
achieved In the government and other
sa~nltarinms OF New Mexico.
Furthermore, all authorities admit
that sunshine operates favorably upon
the treatment Of the disease. Certain.
" the more sunshine the more sue.
cessful the treatment. An argument
for climate that cannot be answered
has come hundreds Of times to thu
attention OF residents OF the south
west. People who have come here ant
who have improved greatly or have MP
parently entirely recovered. begin {
| show evidences Of a return Of theil
malady, almost az oon as they return
10 their eastern homes. Many return
Of once and again improve. There a.,
numbers Of cases where the expert
ment 81 returning east has been trie,
Three and four times. Each time til
! l~diaease. q%uieaeent here, becomes az
tive as soon as the individual goes l
a damper. cloudier region. and earI
time the disease Ii checked when h
comes back 70 the pure mountain al
and sunshine or The southwest. !.
There are other cases. OF cours.
whore the experiment proves fatai
/, There IL no other possible explanation
for the thousand.time repeated phe
@ ~
nomenon related above except that III
difference IN the tendency Of the dif
ease 70 advance or retreat Is caused b
the change of climate. II Ii probahl
, that the Illinois state board Of healil
y fully cognizant Of the impnrtanc
J OF climate. Il Ii doubtful II d hur
dred reputable physicians IN the Unit
ed States can be found who do no
believe that consumption can be NOR
successfully treated in New Mexic
than IN New England or Illinois. /
has unfortunately been the case In III,
past that ,ubercular patients hay
been dosed ana aoctored Iii the east
utl no agency o. earth could SAY
/ them and then they have been shir
ned off q New Mexico. one docsn'
! expect, however. 10 find any sucl
physicians III the Illinois board j
health.
4 Is well that hope ran he held Oh
10 cohsumptives who can't Ieave home
u Is nothing short Of criminal o.
The part Of any doctor 10 advise an.
one who can bring tn his aid the mos
favorable climate. t. run the gray
risk of treatment even by the sanltai
ium method where rains are lneessan'
where all climatic conditions are in
favorable. The question of proper az
commodatinus has been q grave on,
N the west Il Is being settled rap
idly. When eastern physicians be
come familiar with resorts III the west
where their patients a secur,
everything IN the way Of comfort ant
recreation and good food they car