Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-13
|NHUMAN To SEND
HELPLESS ONES
TO SOUTHWEST
ASSOCIATION ON TRAIL
OF CARELESS D0CT0RS
Strong Terms used for Men
Who Send PenoiIeSS Con-
sumptiyeS Among Strangers
and Without Strength 10
Work.

Tho frequent protests which have
gone up from the long suffering poo-
pie Of the southwest against the send
ing of pcnniless and helpless con
sumptives 20 the southwest country
by constituencies PHYSICIANS has AT
last found a very loud echo in the
east. The National Association fOr
the study ana Prevention of Tubercu-
losis has now taken up the matter as
is shown by the following from a re-
cent issue of the Toledo. ohio, Blade;
cruel ana inhuman practices are
alleged in a statement given out yes
tertay by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tnbcrcu-
losis against the castcrn doctors who
persist in sending diving cases of con
sumption To the southwest.
Fully $50 persons hopelcssly dis
eased with tuberculosis annually come
to die in the states Of California. Ari-
IONA. New Mexico. Texas and colo
RADIO. most OF them by order Of their
physicians. The statement, which is
based upon the testimony Of Wei
known experts. and all available sta
~tislies. shows that at least 50 per cent
of those who go to the southwest
every year for their health are so far
advanced IN their disease that they
canno hope for a cure in any climate,
under any circumstances More thar
this. at least 60 per cent of these ad-
yaneed cases are SO poor that they
have not sufficient means to provide
for the proper necessities of life.
which means that 4,315 consumptiVes
are either starved to death or forced
to accept charitable relief every year.
1T Is not an uncommon thing. the
association declares. for whole fam
HES who can hardly exc out a-liVing
in the cast to migrate to the west in
the hope Of saving the life of some
member Of the family In most in
stances the abjeet poverty of such
cases forces them to beg or to live on
a very low level OFTEN consump-
tiycs who cannot afford the proper
travelling accommodations are found
dead ON the trains before reaching
their destination. The ol
almost every charitable organization
in the southwest are drained every
to care for cases which would be
self-supportins in their eastern homes
ut costs ON an average at least $50
per month for the support Of q con
sumpttve in the southwest, including
medical attention. CHE national
association strongly urgcs no n to
to this section who has not suffi-
funds to care for himself At
least one year. in addition to what his
family might require Of him during |
This time. It is also urged that no
who are far advanced with
tuberculosis go to So distant a eli
nate.
consumption can be cured. or ar
rested in any section of the United
and the percentage Of course
n the east and the west is nearly the
Amy physician, therefore. who
a person 10 the southwest with
rat sufficient funds or in an advanced
,r dying stage of the disease, is guilty !
cruelty to his patient. Renewed
.trorts are being made to stop this
Practice. and to encourage the build
ne of small local hospitals in every
.itv and town of the country At
empts are also being made in south
m California ana in TeNa to exclude
ndigcnt consumptives or Ia scnd them
,1ck to the east