Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-24
DR.. |NCALS
DELIGHTED
WITH CITY
Declares This Section the
Best in the World for
tuberculosis
Has no Use for the Theory That Just ss
Good Results Can Be Secured in
lnclement Climates OF the Est

What may you say to the people
OF Las Vegas as to my impressions
Of this section? Why. almost every.
thing that Is favorable" said DR.. f.
Fletcher lngals, the noted Chicago
physician, to an Optic man this morn.
ing.
II have visited this city and this
section before. have been at your
beautiful Montezuma hotel and have
taken few trips into the surrounding
country, but neither DR.. Dods0n nor
myself have ever before had as good
an opportunity Of learning the condi.
tions Of this country as at present.
We are delighted with this coun.
try. ] have had the impression for
long time, and II has been very great
ly strengthened by my present visit,
that this particular section offers
more natural advantages In the treat.
ment Of the early stages Of consump-
ton than any other part Of the earth.
You have the elevation, the dry, pure
and exhilerating air, the maximum OF
sunshine, the beautiful mountain re-
sorts, the scent Of the woodlands and
climatic conditions that are unrival-
ed.
while we have been here we visit
ed valmora and Harvey's, La Cueva,
and other points of interest.
I'VE have roamed over the hills
and explored the canyons, we have
viewed the. surrounding country from
the tops Of lofty eminences and wide
mesas and we are charmed with what
you have to offer the world from the
standpoint Of health"
When asked as to his belief In the
theories advanced by many eastern
doctors as to the possibility Of curing
tuberculosis just as well in an in
clement climate, DR.. Ingals said 1T
can't be done. There is no doubt but
many cases Of tuberculosis are cured
in all climates. think there is no
doubt but sixty-five per cent Of the
people of eastern climates contract
consumption. Twenty-Five per cent
OF these get well withouS ever know
ing they have had the disease. At
least twelve per cent Of those who
contract the disease and are aware
OF it, get well. Now that the outdoor
treatment and good food and rest
ideas are being carried out the per.
centage Of those who get well In any
climate is increasing.
But there isn't the least question
in my mind that for the tubercular
patient in the early stages. his re,
covery is more certain and more
rapid in this climate. How could 1t
be otherwise? All doctors dwell on
the importance Of sunshine, yet seem
to forget that some countries have
very little sunshine. Rainy weather
is known to be harmful and depressing
TO the patient, yet some sections have
weeks together OF rainy weather
With life out OF doors, good food and
careful treatment, there is. hope for
the consumptive In any climate, but
what a privation to be compelled to
live out of doors In some climates.
Ann from the very fact that your sec
tion is much superior in those things
which all doctors agree are Of import
ance, It must he that the tubercular
patient, other things such as food and
recreation being equal. will do mucf
better here.
Il have long recommended and VIII
continue to recommend patients ir
the early stages of tuberculosis e
come to this country. 1t is worse than
folly for any doctor to advise fai
advanced patients to leave theil
homes for any climate. This disease
to be successfully combatted, must be
attacked before it has obtained
great hold on the system | know
there are some wonderful cases o.
people who have come here iar ad
vauced and recovered, but that is the
execution. Generally speaking 1t II
wrong to tear a patient who has only
a few months to live from his home
and association and send him out TO
strange country, Where one Is i'm
proyed. in ten cases 1t hastens th'
end.
But in your life-giving air an'
under your sunny skies there is hop'
for the tubercular sufferers and pee
-. ~ LEARNING the lesson of tht