Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-14

se8aoms kaFtRE . BOT al h&@sa a.
HaaRpMsw@. The amMa w@t. a~maheFVs@@@.
eaaEey. ara ahnn&RH& in marshes Id
azAsT ssAsnAnt RaseEs. 10 s2sA places
eSAaeanzes are mast likely Ia Asas&t.
whieh. spreading. @&y ps1~aac@ SUI
tsFah& and GwmaA In l7F~ Favorable
and distant lo&aaars II naturally
follows that tie opposite Il thas CUT
attaoa woald inaAe&ae the naeReoToaag-
5c@l eaexnenta tn afr Eaast aAfaa foF
the largest naNaA@g NJ pe~sp3e. namely.
eiesatsa position. 81, and eo@A or cold
air. sunshine. ahA s&Tosss land Sure
ly. 10 epidemic las ever b*en knowa
% aF1se I'm FeEAmas ~ sh@ latter t.
srrtptaom. capable of rra4ta& cevas
tasl1n 10 distant habtta't1ns
EeVaaioa imp~osrs the healthful
nes& IT q climate A residence ca a
hun In cooler m nH,rr h~a!thy than
- lD q dale. eyFa witkin the 0n.
fhes q . city. IL Is a fact that many
Of the diseases. m',at fatal tp manr
kind lessen I'm y~iE4l~0ee and fire
auetsey with elevation. Ascending
sttii higher. they gradually disappear.
ON Al one ievt' and sestss" al an
other. Part of H., aEestIrnS may
b. conveyed IN higher attitudes than
their norFnai flnes ~ disappearance.
through the inter- mn~aunieahtiity q
mar. animal. inset ar article az com.
m"Fees but such conveyance dnes not
indicate that the causes at tho dis
ease exist a. sneh attitudes, This
principle is less true 10 the tropics,
where climate Ie hot. and mo Tern
methods ~ sanitation are not employ.
~ u In most Noticeable In the tenn.
pirate region. and particularly In the
% n 81 dry latIta.l" above described
Htsh and dry plaza are exempt from
diseases arising from pollution and
"f'uvIa. due 10 aerayed vegetation On
low. vet soil. OF these diseases, ehol
era and yellow fever are examples
tuberculosis thsis"s In Low. hot, hu.
mid regions. WHARF MIR In not pure,
drainage In not ebId. and sunshine IL
rare There II greater immunity In
the Individual 70 this disease, the
II his life from the influences
Just named. Pure. c0ld and dry mir,
excess az SUNSHINE. pOrt,ms soil. aud
elevation with iessened atmospheric
pressure are enemies tn, and retard
tho progress al tnhercular disease
tuberculosis In present the world
over. There IL no place EXEMPT,
Where II does not naturally exist. II
has been conveyed No climate n
perfect, none Ii so good al 10 pre-
cluao this disease. none II 80 good as
To cure II: but II Ia logical to presum
that that climate Is hest where III
elements are most unfavorable for III
development, or where they most Inn
rede In progress after II has arisen
II IL also logical 10 presume that such
Ia found where the death rate Is thu
lowest, New Mexico p0saesses n ell
mate commenaurat" with this stand
ard. Its per cent of death rate Il
population, IN Tubs rrnl0sis. 10 les,
than any other inhabited portion Of
the United States. n0tW ithstanding
III" fact that thousands of persons II
all stages of the disease come her,
from all parts Of the country. Thti
statement II confirmed by estimate,
male from stattHttcs. and In recogniz
cd by careful Observers. II In alss
confirmed by army statistics. TIL,
ratio Of deaths In tho army. per on,
thousand. from diseases Of the re
spiratory organs. covering a series q
years. In New Mexico. In "a: In New
York II Is SO: around the great lake,
i5: In Texas 4. While tho climate o
New Mexico viii not cnre tuhcrruln
sis. II Ia capable ~ checking It's pro
gress In fav0rahl" casea. and undo
proper direction: and. therefore. o
prolOnging life. IN n c~nnsidcrahl
proportion u In capable of arrestini
the disease to such nm extent. tina
health Is restored That stage Of pm
mnnary tuberculosis which receive
little or no benefit In this Or n othe
CLINE. the exception being rare. IA IN
advanced or third stage. accompanied
with emaciation and high fever
Cases thus afflicted are NOR" comfort
able nj home. and ARE rarely beneft
ted by any chang"
Other respiratory diseases, chroni
In nature. requiring altitude. drynes
and sunshine. as for example, hror
Ichttis, asthma and hay fever. usual
readily disappear here. Malaria In a
affection entirely unknown within tn
confines OF New Mrxico. The anohf
clcs find no habitat here: no ~s'agnan
pools: no marshy ground. Rheums
tism heloss to a class OF disease. on
az the principal causes Of which IA
cold. damp, and undraincd soil. TIL
rapid relief afforded rheumatic case
Ia AAsa t%AafttxE sm nRlNanaA re tha 4~,