Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-13

! might mention that sixty per cent
OF an our cases have been far adj
venced. class which IN the oaat i8
practically barred from Institutional
treatment. 10 Is certainly question
u the time and money spent on these
inr-advanccd cases Ia justified Isl the
light Of actual results ubtnined under
the most favorable conditions, nanc-
~. thirivep per cent of apparent cures
and thirty per cont OF arrests icav-
ing az least thirty per cent 10 di9
within comparatively short time.
and probably most of thc remainder
within ton years. This b un acadUni-
IL ana not q practical question, for
when put 60 10 few will submit 10
having money value placed on their
lives. II resolves Itself into This,
Cure is tuberculosis Is probable ins
vcrsciy az the square 0f the Jung. tis-
sue Involved. the more ADVANCED tho
case. thc greater the necessity 90
high altitude treatment the longer
the time required to effect result
ard consequently the more money
needed by the patient for where an
inciplcnt may recover Ia from five
20 six montha, a far-ndYanccd patient
viii require a year or more tO make
even a relative recovery. IL may be
granted. | think that we are not dee
voting SO much attention 20 this mat
ter as an inducement Tor the pracii-
tioner 10 keep tuberculosis people ~
home until thcy have become far adj
vanrod. although we are free to ads
NIT that the erea8ess pleasure Nc
have ~ "a observe the SLOW return 10.
health of some nt least 81 thcse su-
called hopeless putinets. From our
point " View they are quite the most
desirable class of patients; for they
see and know the necessities 90 the
situation and are more than Willing
% devote thr time 20 getting Welt II
Is rarely neressary TO DO battle with
them TO Keep them LONG enough under
treatment To obtain o substantial 81
suit, as We often must ito with the
nciplcnts
Or. Williams states as we'll thai
OF an his constructive patienis those
treated Va nigh attitudes yielded the
most favorable results. and. what isl
more important. the iowest rclapses,
he gives the results ln about $40
caseH AZ follows. Treated in high al
titHdcs. cighiy-lhree per cent lni-
proved. ~ against SIXTY three Ser
cent in England. which. aa viii be
remembered represents about the az
ference bciwcrA the Loonis sana-
forum ana our own work. Or VIII
Hams further states
I'm no country cnn tho high aiti-
tude treatment DC more eficctivel,
carried Qua than IN the Emitted Sfittea
whore the tract az hish-iying land "a
of vast e1toat and where attitudes ~
from 5000 20 10000 feet are avail
able ANA belng situated ~ temperate
latitude present great choice ui
cflmut0i Within twenty miles uf
Santa Fe aliiiussra rause from 5000
10 l3.00e foet1
All these l1cts in regard a. tbo ef
feet Of high aitlipdes in consumption
have been cnnfirsncd over and over
again theirs Is hardly anything IN
medicine DAlItr substanfiatcd They
have rlsir iO take their places
amons the Established contributions
Ia our art ene science. Let us not |
Dee dealene4 "a the loud blasts of tho /
trumpet uf uAti-cllmate. which has
been IS stFfnHmsly blown tao past
few Years, ANA try not 20 forget what !
has heen dome By scholarly workers
in Europe t0 prove tho pnrc Of oii- /
mate in tuhgcHlnsis IN imuein0tion /
iet VS. turn onr eyes 90 the Aims. and /
there Ia the SNOW ana ice aud nmpng |
the inli pines see the mnittgdc Uf
Tor eunsHmpuycs wh'eh dot /
the mountain sides and realize that
Europe believes in altitude anu eli
mate IN tuberculosis.
alattiH 49, f........ 49,. ..4.l.l....f IL
altitude until something has boon /
said OF the results of oHr blond pres
sure studies cuanpt give all the
details Of This Investigation, but can 1
briefly indicate the results r. ls pos
ltlvcly known TINT colncldent with Il
Improvement 10 tuberculosis there u
a rise og blood pressure, and lhia ph,
nOmcnon Occurs. of course ln ans
altitude. br Thayer 0f Baltimore re-
corded the blood pressure in large
number uf cnusunptlyes ana found u
H. average 100 MN. of mercury NhoN-
Ing concluslveIy the Influence 81 tu-
n-lOwerins blood pressure
that Dr ThayorR Figures
are correct. ID becomes clear that
continued residence in high altitud,
lends 10 raise the blood pressure
after thg primary fan has been recov
FRED from Among $50 of our pa.
tents the average blood pressure in
an Glasses Is $50 MIN. of mercury
Thus. we may haVc stumbled foI
iuehL wc know. ou one nt least Of
Inc specific reasons why high hlti'
ludes are beneficial in tuberculosis
Continued resldence in = hiFh alil-