Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-08-24

highest development Of all that has
proved beneficial In tho rational treat.
ment Of tuberculosis
Our present procedure, II thorough.
ly carried out, ought to cure proper.
ton OF eases far beyond what are usual.
ly accepted as fair results, One person
In four contracts tuberculosis, and one
death In seven IL from this cause alone
which would imply only A per cent Of
recoyeres.
Making due allowance for deficiencies
In statistics, II would seem that only
about one-thlrd Of all who contract tubcr.
culosls recover, The great majority Of
cases happen under very unfavorable
conditions and have mortality much
higher than the average, Therefore, 10
Offset this, we must consider that there
is smaller class comprising slight at.
tacks under favorable conditions that has
nearly 100 per cent Of recoveries.
"A summer spent In omenak ford or
tngleheld gulf whore We purpose au-
choring and blding u while, would serve
70 establish cure, or insure It's accom-.
plishmeut afterward, in nearly all cases
NOT hopelessly advanced. Three con.
sumptlves TO my knowledge have gone TO
these places. aud In each case the cure
was immediate and effectual. Two Of
them were for three months In the pcary
expedition, and the third, u welladvanscd
case, was for nine months aboard Il
whaler. Some Eskimos brought TO this
country soon contracted vlrulent tuher.
culoss. four OF them quickly succumb-
ing, one being still uncured here. while
the only ono who returned % his native
SHOWS recovered. One hundred per cent
OF recoyeres in four cases Is, of course,
not conclusive evidence. stlll II includes
all known eases. SO we are warranted
in drawing the most promising conclu.
sions.
''rhe climatic conditions In Greenland
above the Arctic circle are ideal for this
purpose Even at our best consumption
resorts in the United States the patients
have good days and bad nights. They
may not venture into the dew-drenched
air. and ordinarily lose at night what is
gained by day. The secret of the open
air treatment for this terrible disease IL
abundant sunlight and dry, cold.
bracing atmosphere. These three ingrc
dents abound only in the very far north
during the three months Of sunshine. Al
most to the northernmost boundary Of
Greenland. and some degrees above III,
Arctic circle the summer, temperature
seldom falls below freezing, the mercury
being generally above In July and Au-
gust, when 1t ranges from 35 to 45 de.
grees. There is no increase of heat dur.
ing the day and no cooling of at night.
for nights there are none.
''The natives Of northern Greenland
do not have tuberculosis, though there
have been opportunities for infection In
the tribes. One reason for this--and II
Is to be pondered-is that catarrhal CON
ditions do not occur. since bacteria are
not native there.
II have made exhaustive bacteriolog.
ical searches In northern Greenland. and
have never found n disease germ, for
they absolutely cannot exist there. much
less spread.
''rhe Havana Is, so far as possible,
ada pied admirably to such an expedition.
1t has been entirely renovated, fumi-
gated, and furnished after the sanitary
manner Of hospital ship, with many
added comforts. In other words, the
vessel differs in no wise from model
sanatorium except that 1t is movable.
We will take rowing commission, so to
say. stopping here or there as occasion
may warrant, moving from gulf to gulf,
from harbor to harbor. 10 as to have a
sufficient change of scenery to provide
against monotony. We expect to be back
in Halifax early in October or possibly
by Sept. 30."