Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-16

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of fhe AaneFsexnimaeEnaEiaaai Tuh*F"
ralosas congress yesterday waa thu
h@st ana most Instructive - far Tor
the entire session ThsTe are no~
oser i thousand Ut The most dasaaar
gusshed scientific md nasaieal men
~ the woFad present nj this great
gathering. which has for iss chief Oh
teet TIE discussion n the cause. pre-
vacation and cure d consumption.
New Mexicnis representative ~ this
congress In Dr. y. r. r. Fest u Lac
Vegas. appointed b. Governor hag'
.rraan 10 represent the Tertiary In
this Great body ~ scientists DR.. Fest
was given IN exceptionally prouH'nr
ent position On ahe progFaan md yes
tsrday afternoon read IN able paper
bsfUre the congress on tie ideal eli
mate af New Mexico for the improve
ment and = Of patients suffesiHg
from the great white plague. Or.
TESTS paper was Nh follows:
Address Of Or. p. r. o. Fest
Ear from diEputing the economic
Importance of home institutions fnF
the treatment Of tuberculosis In
those cases which cannot change ell.
mate, or the few I'm which the noun
tain climate would be e~ontraindicat'
81. and far from imputing the belief
that I'm many cases the disease mas
become arrested at home, We cannot
overlook the overwhelming lesson
taught by tho many years Of expert
ence which has proven by indisputa
BILE statistics that q higher percent
are Of arrest Of this dreadful disease
Ii reached by a prolonged residencs
In the higher attitudes,
The teachings Of Williams Il, ~
AmreIn CO.., Ruegi H). Egger Is
Lebermeister stephani CD ard 9th
ers Of n few years ago stand unshak
en- today and are smbstantiated b.
daily experience. But We certainl!
cannot no nm far NJ iAebermeistes
who considers cures In low land
only mere possibilities. Altitude an
climate must be- separated tJoue
eoud) while some OF the effects q
altitude are the same eserywher
O. 4. diathermancy and chemic an
~physioIogic influences OF solar an
ultra rays the secondary effects lik
poiycythemia. followed by hematnr
oetic and tissue changes with conss
assAx RNWpfnNfn GsF2tA Recommendation
are more marked In different al
mates, depending upon the mean h.
nudity and temperature. Further
more the index Of air: pressure !
different In q humid and arid cl
mate. Naturally the contrasts o
winter and summer must vary al
cordingly.
Az compared with the Alps, IN
Rocky mountains In Colorado. Mex
co. and New Mexico. the favorabl
verdict viii fall to the last name
territory, but 1t exceeds the other
In lessened contrasts of season
while tho index Of humidity Ia tn
most even during the year.
New Mexico has been erroneont
~ referred To III a Wild eountr
and mountainous desert. True.
has not the large cities OF the Air
and Colorado. yet In scenery II
second TO none. II has not the hi
toricai monuments OF Europe. whei
history In old, but Il makes up b
one much more thrilling with mon
ments Of an age by gone and forgo
ten. The d~esolatedt wons and ruiz
Of the Pueblos with their ancient pc
terry and sculpture speak for a rel
lively high civilization at a tin
when the ancestors of William Te
still lived In the "pfahlbauten
the Bedensee."
Against the awe-inspiring glacie
with occasional coid.storage mou
tain climbers. New Mexico offe
stretches Of arid desert where Il
bones of victims of thirst lie bleac
ing under the cloudless sky: vale.
for which there can be but n dc
tination, via: gardens and fores
as balmy as the famous Black Fo
est. In pace OF the "Jodelnde Sune
In" We have the shouts of the dariI
COW boy and the red skin with h
aboriginal costumes and customs.
The winters I'm New Mexico a
milder than In the Alps and Colora,
while In the northern parts the SUI
mara are cooler. thus offering a mo