Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-13

nsasphex@ IN aanA wea. itnpeFTt0ss.
leaayey. anA Ahahaans In marshes ant
|azAer xsagaxNa wateF& In such places
enseemAes Gse naasl lskeiy 90 Agts~. !
silica. spsrMaang. mas produce saf
feranr "a aea&A ln Nal favorable
nd dtxszst - aiIttes u naturally
foii0w# shAf aA~ oPpsmlt" d this eoa-
atGknn wood tn4bx&ae the Ea*s@@aFoaos,
aesl sEemensB aAa, are most Iaeal for
the larxAMs nMnat%r If peDple. namely.
Ielesatea position. Dry and ctm1 oF cold
III. sunshane, and for~@s land, Sure
u, nc splssmle has "tef hssa known
70 aFfs@ In Eeg1t4ps of IN" latter DE-
seriptium. rAE@b3e n spreading Aevas
tatsun % sissant h~ahltatioRs
Eaesasaoa tmpF0t~s tho healthful-
tassss ~ a csinaas" A residence an a
iii II enaAeg and ntsge healthy than
one IN a dale. ~v"a ~lthin the o
INES of n eisy. n In "A fart that many
81 the disease, Is fatal 40 a
kfnd. iessen In ViruI@Gee and FIRE
atrnry With elevation Ascending
am hishsF. theY gradually disappear.
sofne a. zoe level and some at an
%AAA.AH VAT 83 HIVES " S5kA kE&89
~ conveyed ~ higher attitudes than
their n0Frual tines II diea appearance.
through the ta,"EenmmTulrabiitty OF
man. animal tnas1f, TT article AZ com
naFrre* but such ~Cun&eyalCe dnsss not
Indicate thai the causes 81 the dis
ease mxiss D. such attitudes. This
principle 10 HISS true In the tropics.
where climate h. hot. and mo ieTn
methods Of sanitation are not employ
~. IN IN Hspss n~0ticeahl" In the TEN
psrate region and particularly In the
zone of dry latitude above described
ttigh and dry places ar" exempt from
diseases arising frum pollution and
s~fiuvia, due 10 decayed vegetation on
low, wei soil ~ these Diseases, chol
era and yellow fever are examples.
Tuberculosis thrtves In low. hot. hu.
mid regions. where air u not pure,
drainage IN nht good. and sunshine Ia
rare. There Ii greater immunity In
the individual 90 this disease, the
freer Is his tife from the Influences
just named Pure. cold and dry air,
excess % sunshine. porous soil. and
elevation With lessened atmospheric
pressure are enemies 10. and retarh
tho progress ~ %tnhercular disease.
Tuberculosis ID present the world
over. There In n0 place exempt
Where II does not naturally exist. II
has been conveyed. No climate Il
perfect; one In no good as 20 pre-
eiude this disease: none IL 80 good al
To cure 10: but u IL logical 20 presum,
that that climate In best where II,
elements are most u%nfavorabie for III
development. or where they most I'm
pede it, progress after II has arisen
u In also logical 10 presume that sucl
II found where the death rate IL tn
lowest. New Mexico possesses a eli
mate commensurate with this stand
ard. It's per cent of death rate l.
population. In tuberculosis. Is les
than any other Inhabited portion q
the United States. notwithstandtn
the fact that thousands of persons 4
all stages Of the disease como her
from NIL paris of the country. Thu
statement L. confirmed by estimate
made from statistics. and IL rec0gnii
ed by careful observers. II Ia ais
confirmed hv m statistics. Tn
ratio Of deaths In the army. ner on
thousand, from diseases ~ the n
: spirafnFy 0rVanS. covering a series {
years. I'm New Mexico. Is Ia: In Me-
York II IN 8 g. around the great lake
as: In Texas I While the climate {
New Mexico will not cure tubercul,
? sis, u Is capable Of checking It's PR
, gress I'm favorable eases, and nnd'
proper direction, and, therefore. {
proionHtng III" In a c0nsiderahl
/ proportion Il In capabir of ~arrestin
tho disease to snch an extent. tht
health In restored. That stage OF pI
monary tube cnlosis which receive
! little or no benefit In this or Rny othf
/ cline. the exception being rare. In III
, advanced or third stage, acCompaniC
with emactntinn and high fevc
Gases thus afflicted are more comfor
} able ut homt and ar" rarely heneh
, ted by any change,
Other respiratory diseases, chronI
In nature. requiring altitude. dryues
! and SUNSHINE as for example. hror
| chltis, asthma and hay fever, usual
, readily disappear here Malaria Ia a
affection entirely unknown within III
! confines Of New Mexico. The annh'
eles find no habitat here. no stagnar
I pools; no marshy ground Rhcumi
=. tism heiugs to n class Of disease. ou
OF the PRINCIPAL causes ~ which 10
cold. damp. AND underlined soil TIL
rapid relief afforded rheumatic case
In this locality Is evidence ~ the dr.,
ness we have attempted Ia portray
without further citing diseases
I detail, II NAV he sail. without eva
!. reration. that the m"'Noroingv Of Il
Vegas confirms our position. that u
r climate tends to favor h~ealthfulnes
not disease; Increases individual T
sistance: assist In huilling nm n I
tigued or 10 out constitution: n,
makes az the city n rendezvous nne
a ceiled for thos" affections arising In
, climate the contrary Of which exis
=. here.