Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23
THE OPEN-AIR METHOD OF THE
TREATMENT OF DISEASE
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY
The Many Cures Brought About in
the Grants Pass Country With
out Medicine.

The country around Grants Pass
has the reputation of being the most
healthful of any section on the
Northwest coast. You will find
many men and women living in
Josephine county who came here con-
firmed invalids and who have be-
come in this invigorating climate,
robust and the very picture of
health. OF course, those who come
too late may fail to receive benefit,
but the general history of all cases is
that benefit has been received.
Throat and lung trouble, asthma,
hay fever and many other diseases
yield to climatic influences in this
section without medicine DR.. f. w.
Van Dyke, general practitioner in
Grants Pass for twenty-odd years,
a man of large practice and influ-
ence, when asked regarding the
treatment of certain diseases, said
Tuberculosis must be treated to
get the best results by the open-air
method. Southern Oregon with its
long summers and mild late autumns
is well adapted to tent life. Very
few cases, comparatively speaking,
originate here but come from other
places. These patients are almost
always helped If not too far a'Yanc-
ed with the disease and cured by the
simple outdoor life. Heredity plays
a large part in tuberculosis by Civ
ing a favorable soil, so to speak, for
the bacillus to grow and develop on.
Each case varies and is an entity to
itself, SO some do better at a lower
altitude than others. Within reach
ing distance Of Grants Pass locations
amid beautiful scenery can be found
with an altitude sufficiently low or
high to meet the requirements of al
most any case"
1t will be noticed that DR.. Van
Dyke has great faith in what is call.
ed here the Climate Cure" and this
is an important factor in health res,
. toration to those who come from all
points east of the Rocky Mountains
When this matter Of health becomes
thoroughly understood throughout
the eastern and middle west portions
of our country there will be more
people come to the Rogue River
valley section. "All that mar
hath will he give for his life" ant
this means that both men ant
women will rush to this country
when they learn of its great advan
tages as a health restoring climate
DR. NJ c. Findley, the well-knowr
eye, ear and throat specialist o
Grants Pass, when approached tt
give his opinion regarding this par
Of Oregon as desirable place TO
invalids very modestly remarked:
"The poet has said that Tim,
makes ancient good uncouth.' Thi
e is true in mental achievements ant
equally true in physical and climati
conditions Unlike our forefather
we are not disposed to adhere TO oil
customs and to live in the same 10
cality for a lifetime when a grea
and progressive west lies before us
I California and the Pacific Coast hav
been synonyms for so many years
e so much so that many people OF tn
D eastern and middle states hay
thought little and known less of IN
10 states lying along the coast othe
! than that great commonwealth. Blu
70 times are changing these conditions
S Men make great sacrifices and ur
j dergo untold hardships in the pui
e suit Of wealth, yet a more potter
;. factor than money drives men b,
p yond where their inclination
q would dictate and a quest for healt
u becomes an incentive more IA
reaching than the search for n
Holy Grail. Again necessity becom,
the mother OF colonization and nav
y cation. II Is not strange then thi
,- people study the climate as an @
Is sentlal feature OF any locality RI
,- natural question Of the people OF II
d eastern and middle states Is VIII
N diseases are benefited by the clIr
g ate o' ho Rogue River valley or
81. gon. The relation that nasa, q
,r fectlons bear 10 asthma hs
Ie causatlve factor In the production
g. this disease has only recently be,
r. recognized The favorable effe
re that this climate has upon a5thma'
ne subjects can be better appreclat
re when we learn how large a per CO