Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-13
Gentleman Who Has Taken the Winter Cure
Writes Of Climatic Conditions and Methods
Of Conducting Sanatoria - Thousands OF
Patients in Location Where All-the-year-round
Conditions Are Inferior to Those Of Las Vegas.

every muscle relaxed, breathing the
keen, clear air with the sun shining
for say two hours, when he may be al
lowed TO walk for a while, very slowly
and without firing himself and always
returning 20 lie down for three quar-.
ters of an hour before luncheon az
1890.
After lunch he Hos out again. IL he
can sleep, SO much the better. Az -four
he may be allowed 10 have another
slight walk and may spend tho time
after the sun has gone down TIL din
ner at In his room or about the san
itorium. have known many patients
myself amongst them. to lio out for an
hour or two before going to bed,
Now II air Is considered the first
essential for the cure, food Is the sec
ond and In the swiss Sanitoria, ths
cuisine Is so varied and excellent thai
everyone can absorb the maximum
amount Of nourishment. Each one Ii
encouraged to cat little more than he
has appetite for and this Of course
without impairing digestion. Milk Ii
served between meals at eleven In the
morning and four o'clock in the af
ternoon, with bread and butter and
again before bed time at nino to ten
II the patient is found to be unable &c
digest plain milk he is given 1t In the
form Of custards, puddings. shapes, IL
cups OF luscious Swiss chocolate etc.
and 60 with eggs one meets them a,
every meal In omelettcs aux fines
herbes, aux rognons, au rhum, In sweet
omelettes boiled, ,poached fried. In SOU
files. In fact, In every conceivable and
enticing way the chef can devise; and
so at tho end Of the day, our patient
finds that without any effort no has
consumed his quart and a half Of milk
and on an average five to six eggs a
day. A moderate amount OF vino OF
beer IL often allowed, but only with
meals. Smoking, OF course, Is pro
hibited.
Each individual case is studied. The
doctor notes Improvement In appetite
weight and appearance. lessening oi
cough and allows increased exercise
In proportion. but every one Ia expect
cd to lie out for at least five hours
daily. Now one hour lying full stretch
In the sun on comfortable chair with
cushion under your shoulders to ex
pand the lungs, seems to me to bt
worth any amount Of sitting round In
u crampcd position with back bent OF
an uncomfortable chair. as Is tho Gus
tom In New Mexico. No doubt thes,
long chairs speak Of are To be fount
In the various Sanitoria, but | hav,
not yet seen In this country singl,
chair that 10 Swiss doctor would dream
Of allowing any patient Of his to use
A word as to disinfection. Expec
torating about the grounds IL strict,
forbidden, each patient is provide,
with a small crachoir or portable Gus
pidor containing strong liquid disln
fectant to be used on the balcony o.
on walks. whilst each bedroom hai
another and these are cleaned ant
prepared every day by the nurse II
charge. Here | may be allowed to re
mark that with the liberal ideas Of OK
pectoration and tho unhealthy over
heating of houses and rooms. | canno
see how consumption can fail L
spread In this land.
Each bed room opens on to roofet
balcony, wide and deep, facing th,
sun, When It Is sunny chairs are
brought TO the edge TO enjoy the full
sunshine and II 1t happens 10 snow are
pushed back where patients can still
get tho open air In all weathcrs.
The average patient doing satisfac
torily increases In weight from one
pound to two pounds week and after
winter finds himself strangely nj
tered individual
But far more important than the
extent OF his Improvement Ia the fact
that he has learned how TO treat him
self. at the most experienced Of uni
vcrsity. Doctors can do little more and
he can now go and live the remaining
winters necessary TO complete his cure
In some pleasant hotel or pension In